You've Got a Friend in Me

"You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song written and first recorded by Randy Newman. Originally written as the theme song for the 1995 Disney•Pixar CGI-animated film Toy Story, it has since become the theme song for its sequels: Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, and Toy Story 4, making it the franchise's main theme. The song was nominated for both the 1996 Academy Award for Best Original Song and the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It's also the anthem for Pixar similar to how "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio serves as the anthem to the Disney Company.
Like many other Disney theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the three Toy Story films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in Toy Story, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in Toy Story 2 (using much the same background music used for Goulet's cover), an Italian-language version by Riccardo Cocciante, and a Spanish-language version by the Gipsy Kings in Toy Story 3.
As the name of the song implies, the song sings about how one can always rely on someone through even the roughest of times, thus, finding a friend in that someone. At first, it initially seems to be about Andy being that friend to Woody. However, as the film progresses, it becomes clear that Buzz is that friend instead. In-universe, the song was the closing theme song of the 1950s puppet show Woody's Roundup and was seemingly popular outside of it as well, receiving a jazz version.
==Appearances==
===Toy Story===
It is first heard as a solo in the opening credits of the first film as Andy plays with Woody and takes him downstairs. It is sung as a duo with Lyle Lovett in the end credits, and this version is used in Disney Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy. The solo and the duet version are listed as Tracks 1 and 16, respectively on the Toy Story Soundtrack.
===Toy Story 2===
In the second film, a scene from Woody's Roundup features a Woody marionette on the show singing this song on a guitar, and then a kid on the set hugs him. It is also sung by Wheezy (Robert Goulet) at the end of the film, and this version can be heard in its entirety during the end credits and listed as Track 3 on the Toy Story 2 Soundtrack. The soundtrack also features an instrumental version of the song, performed by saxophonist Tom Scott (with the same background music and arrangement as Goulet's), listed as Track 20. Riders in the Sky has also performed a cover of this song on the album Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs, listed as Track 5, as well as their instrumental version, listed as Track 10 on the album.
===Toy Story 3===
In the third film, almost the whole original version of the song is heard during the scene of Mrs. Davis' old recordings of Andy playing with his toys. The background fades away, while the vocals are still going on, and it ends with the verse "And as the years go by, our friendship will never die", and goes right to the scene with the toys in the toy box planning their mission to get Andy, who is now almost a legal adult, to play with them. Due to Buzz briefly being reset to Spanish mode in the film, it has a Spanish version of the song, "Hay Un Amigo En Mi", performed by the , listed as Track 2 on the Toy Story 3 Soundtrack. During the end credits of the film, Buzz and Jessie perform a paso doble to the song.
===Toy Story 4===
In the fourth film, the original version of the song is heard during the flashbacks of Andy playing with his toys as he grows up and donated his toys to Bonnie in the third movie with Bonnie playing with the toys. It is Track 1 on the Toy Story 4 soundtrack.
==Attractions==
The song has been featured in the Buzz Lightyear attractions found at all Disneyland-style parks, and in Toy Story Midway Mania!, which is located at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, Disney's California Adventure in California, and Tokyo DisneySea in Japan. It was also featured in the brand-new Country Bear Musical Jamboree, sung by Henry and Sammy after Big Al's rendition of Remember Me and before The Bare Necessities.
==Other==
This song was included on the Disney Sing-Along Songs video Topsy Turvy. Because the songs on the tapes aren't supposed to include opening credits to their movie, most of the footage of Andy playing with Woody at the beginning is replaced with various clips of Buzz Lightyear and Woody and other scenes from the movie. The song was also nominated for AFI's 100 years...100 songs, as one of 3 songs from Pixar and one of 17 songs from an animated movie to be nominated. The songs that eventually made the cut was: "When You Wish Upon A Star" (#7), "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (#19), "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (#36), "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (#47) "Beauty and the Beast" (#62), and "Hakuna Matata" (#99).
It is also sung in the stage version of the film called Toy Story: The Musical. The first 8 lines serves as the first song in the musical and as the reprise and part one of the last song, along with the last verse of the said song and the reprise of the song "That's Why We're Here", before the bows.
==Lyrics==
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Original version=
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, and I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together, we can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you, boy
And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me (x3)
|-|Robert Goulet's version=
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Son, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got troubles, then I got 'em too
There isn't anything that I wouldn't do for you
We stick together, we can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me (Yes, you do)
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, just me and you, babe
And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You just remember what your old pal said
Son, you've got a friend in me
We stick together, we can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, just me and you, babe
And as the years go by (Years go by)
Our friendship will never die (Never die)
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me (Yes, you do)
You've got a friend in me (That's the truth)
You've got a friend in me!
Yeah!
|-|Gipsy Kings' version=
Hay un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Cuando salgas a volar
Hay un amigo en mí
Sí, un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Cuando salgas a volar
Hay un amigo en mí
Sí, un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Hay muchos que pueden ser
Un poco más listos
Mas nunca habrá quien pueda ser
Un amigo fiel
Y tú lo sabes
Los años pasarán
Lo nuestro no morirá
Lo vas a ver
Mejor tener
Un buen amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
Un buen amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí
|-|Wonderful World of Songs version=
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, maybe
But I can guarantee no one can love you
The way I do, it's me and you
And as the years go by (Years go by)
Our friendship will never die (Never die)
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me (Yeah, you do)
Yeah, you've got a friend in me (Yes, it's true)
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
|-|Country Bear Musical Jamboree version=
Henry:
You've got a friend in me
Sammy: 
You've got a friend in me
Henry:
Right, Sammy! If you've got troubles,
Sammy:
and I've got 'em too
Henry:
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
Henry and Sammy:
We stick togther, we can see it through 
'Cause you've got a friend in me
Henry/Sammy/Melvin, Buff, and Max:
You've got a friend in me
</tabber>
==Other Versions==
Performer(s) 	Title(s) 	Translations(s) 	Language
نامق خليل (Nameq Khalil) 	"أنا أنا الصديق" 	"I'm, I'm the Friend" 	Arabic (Egyptian)
عكاشة علي (Okasha Aly) 	"انا انا الصديق" 	"I am the friend" 	Arabic (Standard)
Zé da Viola 	"Amigo, Estou Aqui" 	"Friend, I'm Here" 	Brazilian Portuguese
Zé da Viola and Marcelo Coutinho 	"Amigo, Estou Aqui" (end credits) 	"Friend, I'm Here" (end credits) 	Brazilian Portuguese
Валди Тотев (Valdi Totev) 	"Имаш Приятел Ти" 	"You've Got a Friend" 	Bulgarian
Michel Comeau 	"T'as Trouvé un Ami" 	"You Found a Friend" 	Canadian French
黃偉年 	​"你是我好友" 	"You are my friend" 	Cantonese
Tony Cruz 	"Hay un Amigo en Mí" 	"Got a Friend in Me" 	Castilian Spanish
Tony Cruz and Eduard Doncos 	"Hay un Amigo en Mí" (end credits) 	"Got a Friend in Me" (end credits) 	Castilian Spanish
Massimo Savić 	"Ja tvoj sam prijatelj" 	I'm your friend 	Croatian
Pavel Bobek 	"Máš ve mně přítele" 	"You have a friend in me" 	Czech
Otto Brandenburg 	"Du er min bedste ven" 	"You are my best friend" 	Danish
Huub van der Lubbe 	"Ik Ben Jouw Beste Friend" 	"I'm Your Best Friend" 	Dutch
Toomas Kõrvits 	"Olen Su Sõber Ma" 	"I am your friend" 	Estonian
Pepe Ahlqvist 	"On sulla ystävä" 	"You have a friend" 	Finnish
Arno Hintjens 	"Je Bent Een Vriend Van Mij" 	"I Got a Friend For Me" 	Flemish
Charlélie Couture 	"Je Suis Ton Ami" 	"I'm Your Friend" 	French
Klaus Lage 	"Du Hast'n Freund in Mir" 	"You Got a Friend in Me" 	German
Τζίμης Πανούσης & Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης	"Εγώ κι εσύ μαζί" 	"You and I together" 	Greek
דני בסן (Danny Bassan) 	​"אני חבר שלך" 	"I'm your friend" 	Hebrew
शहरयार अताई 	"तुम्हारा दोस्त हूँ मैं" 	"I am your friend" 	Hindi
Tamás Berki 	"Vár rád egy jóbarát" 	"A good friend is waiting for you" 	Hungarian
Kristján Kristjánsson 	"Ég er vinur þinn" 	"I'm your friend" 	Icelandic
? 	"Kau Masih Punya Teman" 	"You Still Have Friends" 	Indonesian
Riccardo Cocciante 	"Un Amico in Me" 	"A Friend in Me" 	Italian
ダイアモンド☆ユカイ (Diamond Yukai) 	"君はともだち" 	"You are friends" 	Japanese
이지석 	"​난 너의 친구야" 	"I'm your friend" 	Korean
Ricardo Murguía 	"Yo Soy tu Amigo Fiel" 	"I'm Your Faithful Friend" 	Latin American Spanish
Ricardo Murguía and Renato López 	"Yo Soy tu Amigo Fiel" (end credits) 	"I'm Your Faithful Friend" (end credits)	Latin American Spanish
Héctor Ortiz 	"Yo Soy tu Amigo Fiel" (Toy Story 4) 	"I'm Your Faithful Friend" (Toy Story 4)	Latin American Spanish
Niks Matvejevs 	"Es Esmu Tavs Draugs" 	"I am your friend" 	Latvian
Judita Urnikytė 	"Turiu Geras Draugas" 	"I Have a Good Friend" 	Lithuanian
? 	"Ku Kawanmu Sejati" 	"By Your True Friend" 	Malay
​高林生 	"​你是我好朋友" 	"You are my good friend" 	Mandarin
Mário Sereno 	"Sou Teu Amigo, Sim" 	"I'm Your Friend, Yes" 	European Portuguese
Mário Sereno and Miguel Ângelo 	"Sou Teu Amigo, Sim" (end credits) 	"I'm Your Friend, Yes" (end credits) 	European Portuguese
Carsten Loly 	"Du har en venn i meg" 	"You have a friend in me" 	Norwegian
Stanislaw Sojka 	"Druha we mnie masz" 	"You have a friend in me" 	Polish
Daniel Radu 	"Eu sunt amicul tău" 	"I'm your friend" 	Romanian
Андрей Мошков (Andrey Moshkov) 	"Я твой хороший друг" 	"I am your good friend" 	Russian
Дејан Чукић/Dejan Cukić 	"За теве ту сам ја"/"Za tebe tu sam ja"	"I am there for you" 	Serbian
Peter Lipa 	"Máš vo mne priateľa" 	"You have a friend in me" 	Slovak
Mikael Roupé 	"Jag är din bäste vän" 	"I'm your best friend" 	Swedish
มาโนช ยิ้มแย้ม (Manot Yimyaem) 	? 	? 	Thai
Fatih Erkoç 	"Dostunum Ben Senin" 	"I am your friend" 	Turkish
Дмитро Гарбуз (Dmytro Harbuz) 	"Я твій навіки друг" 	"I'm Your Forever Friend" 	Ukrainian
==Cover versions==
*Pixar posted two music videos to their official YouTube channel which consist of an "official" and a "hyper" remix of this song. (Both are by someone credited as "DJ Synd").
*More recently, Pixar posted a new remix of the song, based on the Robert Goulet version. This version was remixed by DJ Sam Spiegel, a.k.a. Squeak E. Clean.
*Riders in the Sky performed a cover of this song on the album Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs. The album won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children.
*Randy Newman arranged the song (along with "Strange Things" and other themes from the films) for the Buzz Lightyear attractions (Like Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters) at Disney parks. One of the places it can be heard is on The Official Album of the Disneyland Resort. In the rides, it can be heard in the exit queue.
*Jennifer Hammond arranged this song and other themes from the films for the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction (in a more carnival-style). It or another version of it can be heard at the official Toy Story website, under "Games" and "Toy Story Mania!".
*Under Walt Disney Records, Steve Tyrell's Disney Standards album released February 28, 2006 includes "You've Got a Friend in Me" as a duet with Dr. John.
*American rock band The Fray has also performed their own rendition of the song during the 2007 Disney Grad Nite event. They have also covered it at other live shows.
*The song was covered by Playhouse Disney mascots Ooh and Aah on the album Disney Music Block Party.
*An orchestral version arranged by Yoko Shimomura was used as the Toy Box field theme in Kingdom Hearts III.
*American ska punk band Suburban Legends – themselves a regular live entertainment staple at the Disneyland Resort since 2002 – released a cover of the song on their 2013 Disney cover EP, Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are Vol. 1.
==Chart performance==
Chart (1996) 	Peakposition
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	40
Chart (2010) 	Peakposition
UK Singles Chart 	119
==Release history==
Format 	Release date 	Catalog
Cassette	April 12, 1996	#60367
CD 	April 12, 1996	#60367
==Videos==
Toy Story - You've Got a Friend in Me (Instrumental)-2
Toy Story- You've Got a Friend in Me -Duet, Movie Version--2
You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Toy Story" - Duet)-2
You've Got A Friend In Me (Wheezy's Version)|"You've Got a Friend In Me" by Robert Goulet
Toy Story 2 soundtrack - 20. You've Got A Friend In Me -Instrumental Version--2
You've Got a Friend in Me (para el Buzz Español)|"Hay Un Amigo en Mi" by The Gipsy Kings
File:Toy Story (1995) - You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Instrumental - TS1 Film Version - Beta-2|Films opening version 
You've Got A Friend In Me|"You've Got a Friend in Me" by Riders in the Sky
File:You've Got A Friend In Me (Instrumental)
File:Riders In The Sky & Nashville Symphony Orchestra - Woody's Roundup Medley
Disney Music Box ǀ You've Got A Friend In Me-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Masayoshi Ōishi - You've Got A Friend In Me-2
Disney Peaceful Piano - You've Got a Friend in Me (Audio Only)-2
You've Got a Friend in Me-3
You've Got a Friend in Me
You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Pixar Place")-2
Meghan Trainor "You've Got a Friend in Me" Performance - Mickey's 90th Spectacular-2
Alien’s Swirling Saucers - You’ve Got A Friend In Me Remix 1-2
Alien’s Swirling Saucers - You’ve Got A Friend In Me Remix 2-2
Just Dance 2021- You’ve Got A Friend In Me by Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story - Track Gameplay -US--2
You've Got a Friend in Me (KINGDOM HEARTS III Version)-2
You've Got a Friend in Me-2
Toy Story- The Musical OST - Opening - You’ve Got a Friend in Me-2
Toy Story- The Musical OST - Finale-2
Toy Story - Unused Song 2 (SNES OST)
Toy Story -02- Storyline You've Got a Friend in Me (SEGA GEN-MD) - OST
Toy Story PC-Game OST - "Intro"
Toy Story Animated Storybook OST- Scene Select-2
Toy Story Animated Storybook OST- Credits-2
Toy Story 2 Game Soundtrack - Main Menu-2
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin - Mission Accomplished! - Magic Kingdom-2
Toy Story- "You've Got a Friend In Remix" OFFICIAL VERSION-2
Toy Story- "You've Got a Friend In Remix" HYPER MIX-2
Squeak E. Clean Beyond Infinity Remix-2
Toy Story Midway Mania - Theme Music (Thanks to The ParseeMan!) READ DESCRIPTION BOX!-2
You've Got a Friend in Me-4|Steve Tyrell version
The Fray - You've Got a Friend in Me (Live in Philadelphia)-2
You've Got a Friend in Me-5|Disney Music Block Party
George Jones, Kathy Mattea - You've Got A Friend In Me-2
King Arthur Carrousel (2005)~You've Got a Friend in Me-2
Disney Eurobeat - You Ve Got a Friend in Me-2
Jazzinuf, Disney - You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Lofi Minnie- Focus")
Jordan Fisher, Olivia Holt - You've Got a Friend in Me (Audio Only)
Toy Story-Disneyland Esplanade Ost- You got a friend in me
Disney SpeedStorm - Andy's Room ( You Got A Friend In Me ) Track Music
Disney SpeedStorm - Andy's Room ( You Got A Friend In Me V2 ) Track Music
Disney SpeedStorm - Andy's Room Track Music
Disney SpeedStorm - Andy's Room ( You Got A Friend In Me-Season 3 Remix ) Track Music
Disney Dreamlight Valley Music - Woody's Carousel
You’ve Got A Friend in Me (Hawaiian Version)
You've Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story - Disney Junior Wonderful World of Songs - @disneyjunior
Hugh Coltman - You’ve got a friend in me (Jazz Loves Disney)
You've Got A Friend In Me-4
File:You've Got a Friend in Me-6
File:You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Toy Story")
File:Toy Story- You've Got A Friend In Me
You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Toy Story")-2
You've Got a Friend in Me-7
You've Got a Friend in Me-8
You've Got a Friend in Me (Mannheim)
==Trivia==
*This is the only Toy Story song that has been in all four movies.
**Toy Story 2 is the only movie not to feature the original Randy Newman version, as well as the only movie where it's not heard near the beginning.
**Toy Story 4 is the only movie not to close with the song, if it's counted as being featured in the credits of the first film and performed at the final scene during the credits in Toy Story 3.
*The European Spanish dub's lyrics were used for the Latin pop version from Toy Story 3.
*The movie version of the Newman/Lovett duet has the same arrangement as the Newman solo, but the album version has a slower arrangement.
*The second verse was cut from the first film and the third film to save time. In the third film, the song is even shorter by fading out on the line "Our friendship will never die".
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