Friends (Francis and the Lights song)

"Friends" is a song by American music project Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver and uncredited contributions from Kanye West. The song was released as a single on July 7, 2016, accompanied by a music video featuring Francis Farewell Starlite, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Kanye West.

"Friends"
Single by Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver and Kanye West
from the album Farewell, Starlite!
ReleasedJuly 7, 2016
Length3:09
LabelKTTF Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Aaron Lammer
  • Francis Farewell Starlite
  • BJ Burton
  • Rostam Batmanglij
  • Justin Vernon
Producer(s)
Francis and the Lights singles chronology
"Wonderful Everyday: Arthur"
(2014)		 "Friends"
(2016)		 "Summer Friends"
(2016)
Bon Iver singles chronology
"Beth/Rest"
(2012)		 "Friends"
(2016)		 "22 (OVER S∞∞N)" / "10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄"
(2016)
Kanye West singles chronology
"Champions"
(2016)		 "Friends"
(2016)		 "Fade"
(2016)

The song was sampled in Chance the Rapper's song "Summer Friends" from his 2016 mixtape Coloring Book. "Friends" was sampled in "Summer Friends" before it was officially released independently as a single by Francis and the Lights.

Red Bull named it as the 15th best song of 2016.

Francis and the Lights, Vernon and West collaborated again in 2019 on the song "Take Me to the Light."

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