I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU
“I’ll Be There for You” is a song recorded by the American duo The Rembrandts. It is best known as the theme song to the American sitcom Friends, which premiered during 1994 and ended in 2004. The song was also released as the first single from the group’s third studio album LP. “I’ll Be There for You” was co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, Kauffman’s husband, composer Michael Skloff, and songwriter Allee Willis, along with Phil Sōlem and Danny Wilde, both of the Rembrandts. The original theme, which is under one minute long, was later re-recorded as a three-minute pop song. “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. In the United States, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks. (More from Wikipedia)
Black Russian had some assistance with the lyrics, perhaps because English is not their native language; they hardly spoke the language at all at the time that they defected. Lyricists who lent a hand include Allee Willis, who co-wrote the lyrics for their beautiful first single “Leave Me Now”. Willis has had a long career as a writer, songwriter, set designer, and artist. Allee Willis was also one of the writers of the song by the Rembrandts, “I’ll be There for You” that was the theme song for the massively popular sitcom Friends and one of the best selling TV theme songs of all time. Willis won a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Soundtrack for Beverly Hills Cop.
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