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"I'll Be There for You"
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"I'll Be There for You" cover
Single by The Rembrandts
from the album L.P.
Released1995
GenrePower Pop
Length3:09
LabelAtlantic / Wea
Writer(s)David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Allee Willis, Phil Sōlem, Danny Wilde
Producer(s)Kevin Bright, David Crane, Marta Kauffman



"I'll Be There for You", performed by The Rembrandts is the theme song to the hit American sitcom Friends, which premiered in 1994. Although The Rembrandts write most of their own songs, this one was written specifically for the show by Michael Skloff and Allee Willis and was initially offered to They Might Be Giants and REM .

After a Tennessee disc jockey looped the original short version into a full-length track and played it on the air, it became so popular that they had to record it. "Our record label said we had to finish the song and record it. There was no way to get out of it," lead singer Phil Sōlem said.[2]

The song made it onto L.P., the album The Rembrandts released in 1995, at the last moment. The song was not released as a single at first, a then common practice by record companies who feared it would cannibalize album sales.

The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks. When the single was finally released, it reached number two in the UK and reached seventeenth on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as the flipside to "This House is not a Home".

Rarely heard on UK radio after its early popularity, the song was frequently played on UK pop radio in 2004 around the time of the series finale.

"I'll Be There for You" has been included on the following albums:
  • (1994 soundtrack compilation)
  • LP - The Rembrandts (1995)
  • Friends Again (1999 soundtrack compilation)
  • Serial TV: Les Plus Grands Hits Des Séries TV (compilation)
  • Happy Songs (compilation)
  • Billboard Top Hits: 1995 (compilation)
The music video of this song was also popular worldwide, featuring all the six main stars of the show where they gradually take the singing and dancing roles of the band. The video was included as a bonus feature on several of the show's Complete Season DVD Boxsets.

European Maxi CD tracklist

  1. "I'll Be There for You" (3:09)
  2. "Fixin' to Blow" (5:03)
  3. "Just The Way It Is Baby" (4:06)
  4. "Snippets Medley" (6:46)
  5. *Don't Hide Your Love
  6. *End Of The Beginning
  7. *Lovin' Me Insane
  8. *Drowning In Your Tears
  9. *This House Is Not A Home


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The Rembrandts are an American pop-rock band formed by Phil Solem and Danny Wilde in 1989. They had previously worked together as members of Great Buildings in 1981.
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Allee Willis is an American songwriter, artist, set designer, multimedia artist, writer and director.

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In 1995 Willis was nominated for an Emmy for her #1 hit, “I'll Be There For You”, the theme from "Friends", one of the best selling television themes
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