We're Going to Be Friends

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"We're Going to Be Friends"
"We're Going to Be Friends" cover
Single by The White Stripes
from the album White Blood Cells
Released Late 2002
Format CD
Genre Alternative
Length 2 min 20 s
Label V2 Records
Producer(s) Jack White
Chart positions
  • N/A
The White Stripes singles chronology
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
(2002)
"We're Going to Be Friends"
(2002)
"Red Death at 6:14"
(2002)

"We're Going to Be Friends" is a promotional single by the White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in late 2002, and tells the story of meeting a new friend at the beginning of a school year.

The song is featured during the opening credits of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite. Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson recorded a cover of the song on his album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George. It is also being used as an advertisement for Sesame Street on PBS.

Contents

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All songs by The White Stripes unless otherwise noted

[edit] CD Promo

  1. "We're Going To Be Friends"

[edit] Samples

[edit] References

The White Stripes
Jack White | Meg White
Discography
Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost | Icky Thump
Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist"
DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights
Other projects: Aluminium | The Go
Related articles
Third Man Records | Ian Montone | Triple Inchophone | The Raconteurs
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