I'll Be There for You (Solid HarmoniE song)

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"**I'll Be There for You**" is a 1997 song recorded by British-American pop group Solid HarmoniE, released as the lead single from their only album, *Solid HarmoniE*. Produced by Swedish producers and songwriters Kristian Lundin and Max Martin, who also wrote it, it remains the group's most successful song, peaking within the Top 10 in the Netherlands and Sweden. Additionally, it was a Top 20 hit in Denmark and the UK. In the US, it reached number 123 on the *Billboard* Hot 100. A music video was also made, directed by Gerry Wenner.

## Critical reception

*Music & Media* wrote, "There's a real international aspect to this U.S. pop/dance quartet, A&R'ed out of the Netherlands, with Swedish producers; a female counterpart of the Backstreet Boys, perhaps? They have in common some really strong vocal harmonies and—if this example is anything to go by—some very convincing material. Frans van Dun, one of the programmers at leading Dutch AC network Sky Radio 100.7 FM/Hilversum, believes the comparison is an apt one. "They have a lot in common with the Backstreet Boys, who are very popular over here," he suggests. Van Dun continues: "It's the kind of pleasant, inoffensive track that's easy to programme and although it didn't test that well, we've stuck with it since it started to chart 11 weeks ago." Van Dun concludes: "For one reason or another, people do seem to like this thing , because it spent seven weeks in the singles Top 10." *Sunday Mirror* said that "they'll never change the world with bubblegum pop tunes" like "I'll Be There For You", "but they might just make you smilte."

## Track listing

**12" single, UK (1997)**

**CD single, Europe (1997)**

**CD maxi, Europe (1997)**

## Other appearances

The Solid HarmoniE song regained popularity after it has appeared in the 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures/Cartoon Network film *Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie* as the fifth song of the credits in the film and on the official movie soundtrack.

## References

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4. ^ Danish Singles Chart 6 February 1998
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