One Friend

1987 single by Dan Seals
"One Friend"
Single by Dan Seals
from the album The Best
B-side"Bop"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1987
GenreCountry
Length3:13
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Dan Seals
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals singles chronology
"Three Time Loser"
(1987) 		"One Friend"
(1987) 		"Addicted"
(1988)

"One Friend" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals for his 1984 album San Antone, and this version was the B-side to that album's single "(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me".[1] In 1987, Seals re-recorded the song and, in September 1987, released it as the first and only single from his compilation album The Best. It peaked at number one on the country charts, becoming his seventh straight number-one single.

Music video

Seals re-recorded "One Friend" again for his 1995 acoustic album, In a Quiet Room, and a music video was filmed for that version the following year. It was directed by Tom Bevins, and it shows Seals singing and performing the song on his guitar while sitting by a bonfire. It was the last music video of Seals' career.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 46
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 99

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Dan Seals Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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