| "We're Going to Be Friends" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The White Stripes | ||||
| from the album White Blood Cells | ||||
| Released | Late 2002 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | V2 Records | |||
| Producer | Jack White | |||
| The White Stripes singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"We're Going to Be Friends" is a promotional single by the American alternative rock band 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. Through its lyrics, it is able to evoke the simplicity of childhood, in which the narrator is worried only by school and making friends.
The song is featured during the opening credits of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite. On the commentary of the movie, writer/director Jared Hess states that originally, they couldn't find a song for the opening credits, and they wanted to use this song, so they sent a copy of Napoleon Dynamite to The White Stripes and they approved to have the song used in the opening credits. Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson recorded a cover of the song on his album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George. It currently runs as an advertisement for Miss Lori and Hooper on PBS. Bright Eyes covered the song with guest First Aid Kit for the charity album Cool for School: For the Benefit of the Lunchbox Fund. [1]
This song was also played at the end of an episode of House entitled "Mirror Mirror", which aired October 30, 2007. The song is not included in the show's soundtrack.
This is one of Conan O'Brien's favorite songs by The White Stripes,[2] and at his request, they performed it on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 20, 2009.
Contents |
The video features Jack White playing the guitar on a couch and Meg White sleeping alongside him. Jack wakes Meg as the song ends. The cover of the single is a still from the video.
All songs by The White Stripes unless otherwise noted