You’ve Got a Friend
~ Recording by James Taylor
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BS 2561 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | K46085 |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BS 2979, K 56309 |
| 1.6 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BSK 3113 |
| 1.6 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BS 2979 |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Precious Moments | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Classic Songs | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241089-2 |
| 1.6 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3113-2 |
| 3.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sessions (US reissue label), Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:32 | James Taylor | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.13 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:32 | James Taylor | Sounds of the Seventies: 1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2577, SOD-02 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 2561-2 |
| 1.3 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Classic Songs | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 465643 2 |
| 1.15 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Singers & Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-4528, R103-33 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | ?:?? | James Taylor | Little White Wonder | The Pooh Sticks | Other |
| Fierce Recordings (Welsh indie label) | FRIGHT 054 |
| 1.16 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | AM Gold: Early ’70s Classics (Superhits reissue with two tracks changed) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life, Warner Special Products | AMI-15, OPCD-2683A |
| 1.16 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Superhits: Early '70s Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | SUD-20 |
| 1.3 | You've Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Taylor Made...Greatest Hits (Cover is Taylor Made Greatest Hits. CD label is Classic Songs. Same Catalogue no. on both.) | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 465643 2 |
| 1.5 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Country Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 8800178 |
| 1.9 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | L'America del rock 08: Gli anni 70 da costa a costa | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | AdR-08 |
| 1.19 | You've Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Night Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Heartland Music, Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | |
| 2.6 | You've Got a Friend | ?:?? | James Taylor | Night Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Heartland Music | HC-3297-1, HC-3297-2, HC-3297-3 |
| 1.16 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | AM Gold: Early ’70s Classics (unchanged Superhits reissue) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | AM1-15, OPCD-2683A |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WPCR-612 |
| 1.7 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Folk Favorites of the '60s and '70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music | CPCD-8504 |
| 1.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Rock Explosion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corporation | 99245 |
| 1.5 | You've Got A Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Forever Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.1 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Celebration: O Melhor Dos Anos 70 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Som Livre | |
| 1.5 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | The Best of James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | R2 73837 |
| 4.8 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Rescue Me: 100 Nº 1 Hits From the 50's to 70's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| El Diablo! (Spanish label, mainly distribution + tributes) | EDD059CD |
| 1.5 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | The Best of James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | R2 514319 |
| 1.5 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | The Best of James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 08122-73837-2 |
| 1.5 | You've Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | The Best of Soft Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BCI Eclipse Music | 40476-2 |
| 1.13 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:32 | James Taylor | Ultimate Seventies: 1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | 19469‐2, OPCD‐2577A, R634‐02 |
| 1.5 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | You've Got a Friend: The Best of James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122738372 |
| 1.5 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | You’ve Got a Friend: The Best of James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122-73837-2 |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3113-2 |
| 1.5 | You've Got A Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Hi Five | James Taylor | EP + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.18 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:27 | James Taylor | Ohrwürmer Woodstock Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 96083 | |
| 1.6 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Old Grey Whistle Test | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | ||
| 1.4 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Old Grey Whistle Test | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WMTV140 |
| 1.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (Gold Limited Edition) | James Taylor | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 128 |
| 1.8 | You've Got a Friend | 4:26 | James Taylor | 40 ans, les nocturnes Georges Lang | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | 5310569722 |
| 1.4 | You've Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Essential James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | You've Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | The Essential James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.4 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Essential James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122795781 |
| 3.19 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:27 | James Taylor | Kuschelrock 29 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 88875 10280 2 |
| 1.4 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Essential James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122795782 |
| 1.4 | You've Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Essential James Taylor | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 3.19 | You've Got A Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Kuschelrock 29 (Das Album mit 60 Lovesongs) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 88875 12739 2 |
| 1.33 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | Chilled Sunday | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.15 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Acoustic Songs (non US) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.17 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | 70s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.7 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Sailing: Smooth 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 2.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970–1976 | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 2.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970–1976 | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 2.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970–1976 (24-Bit 192.0 kHz) | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 1.1 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Chilled Guitar | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | X5 Music Group | ||
| 1.23 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Autumn Acoustic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.11 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Acoustic & Chill Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.65 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Best Songs Ever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.46 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Karaoke Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295314682 |
| 1.97 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Singalong Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.6 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest Winter Songs | Various Artists | Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.45 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | 100 Greatest: Chillout | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970–1976 | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 587550 |
| 1.11 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 70s Top Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.59 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | 100 Sing‐A‐Long Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.16 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Silky Smooth Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.16 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Summer Hits of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.9 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Smooth Rock: Yacht Rock, Easy Listening and Rock Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | James Taylor's Greatest Hits ((2019 remaster) 24-bit 192.0 khz - stereo) | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.50 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | You Make Loving Fun - 70’s Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | CD 3113 |
| 1.6 | You've Got a Friend | 4:35 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7599-27336-2 |
| 1.6 | You've Got A Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 256309 |
| 1.17 | You've Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | Mastermix Classic Cuts 97: M.O.R. | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CC097 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7599-27252-2 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 2561-2 |
| 1.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:30 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 256004 |
| 1.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:29 | James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (2019 Remaster) | James Taylor | Album | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 1.13 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:32 | James Taylor | Rock & Romance Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary) | |
| 1.3 | You've Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Taylor Made... Greatest Hits | James Taylor | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | You've Got a Friend | 4:33 | James Taylor | Intermediate Folk Pop Plus (IFP+) Course | Guitar4all | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:31 | James Taylor | Rock E X P L O S I O N | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.12 | You’ve Got a Friend | 4:28 | James Taylor | Woodstock’s Flower Power | Various Artists | ACD | CD 154.694 | ||
Relationships
| engineer: | Richard Sanford Orshoff |
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| producer: | Peter Asher |
| acoustic guitar: | James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) |
| acoustic guitar and congas: | Danny Kortchmar |
| bass guitar: | Leland Sklar |
| cabasa, congas and drums (drum set): | Russ Kunkel |
| background vocals: | Joni Mitchell James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) |
| recording of: | You’ve Got a Friend (cover) |
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Related works
You’ve Got a Friend
| lyricist and composer: | Carole King |
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| publisher: | Colgems-EMI Music Inc. Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. |
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| sub-publisher: | イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
| later parody versions: | You've Got a Text |
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| later translated versions: | Du har en vän Eilses rändan taas Iemand die van je houdt T'as un ami Tens un amic Tot ik bij je ben Tu amigo fiel You’ve Got a Friend (Japanese version) |