Best Friend (Brandy Norwood song)

"Best Friend"
Single by Brandy
from the album Brandy
Released June 27, 1995
(North America)
Format CD single, vinyl single, cassette single
Recorded 1994
Genre R&B, dance, hip hop soul
Length 4:48 (album version)
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Keith Crouch, Glenn McKinney
Producer Keith Crouch
Brandy singles chronology
"Baby"
(1994)		 "Best Friend"
(1995)		 "Brokenhearted"
(1995)

"Best Friend" is an dance song with urban and R&B influences by American singer Brandy. It was written by Keith Crouch, and Glenn McKinney and produced by Krouch for her self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994). The song released as the album's third single in June 1995 (see 1995 in music). With peak positions of number 11 in New Zealand and number 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the song was moderately successful. However, "Best Friend" peaked at number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was also featured on her hit series Moesha where she and Kim (Countess Vaughn) cheerleading in the final scene of the episode "Friends" that aired in the same year.

Contents

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Best Friend."

CD single
  1. "Best Friend" (Character R&B Mix feat. Channel Live) – 4:25
  2. "Best Friend" (Rocapella Beat Box) – 4:20
  3. "Best Friend" (Midday Club Mix) – 4:25
  4. "Best Friend" (Character Summer Mix) – 4:25
  5. "Best Friend" (Character R&B Mix without Rap) – 4:25
Vinyl single
  1. "Best Friend" (K.C. Mix Full) - 6:45
  2. "Best Friend" (K.C. Mix Instrumental) - 6:45
  3. "Best Friend" (K.C. Mix Acapella) - 6:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ)[1] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 34
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 98

References

  1. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Brandy – Best Friend". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ "Brandy Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Brandy. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  3. ^ "Brandy Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Brandy. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

External links

Brandy Norwood
Studio albums
Brandy (1994) · Never Say Never (1998) · Full Moon (2002) · Afrodisiac (2004) · Human (2008)
Compilation albums
EPs
Films
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Brandy Norwood singles
Brandy
"I Wanna Be Down" (1994)  · "Baby" (1995)  · "Best Friend" (1995)  · "Brokenhearted" (1995)
Never Say Never
"The Boy Is Mine" (1998)  · "Top of the World" (1998)  · "Have You Ever?" (1998)  · "Angel in Disguise" (1998)  · "Almost Doesn't Count" (1999)  · "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)" (1999)  · "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1999)  · "Never Say Never" (2000)
Full Moon
"What About Us?" (2002)  · "Full Moon" (2002)  · "He Is" (2002)
Afrodisiac
"Talk About Our Love" (2004)  · "Who Is She 2 U" (2004)  · "Afrodisiac" (2004)
Human
"Right Here (Departed)" (2008)  · "Long Distance" (2008)
Soundtrack
"Sittin' Up in My Room" (1995)  · "Missing You" (1996)  · "Another Day in Paradise" (2001)  · "Dance with Us" (2002)
Other songs
"Rock with You" (1996)  · "Turn It Up" (2003)  · "Wake Up Everybody" (2004)
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