version "You've Got a Friend" was covered by British acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies for their fourth album, Shelter (1997), and released as the third single from the album in October 1997. It reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 in Scotland in October 1997. The song also peaked within the top 10 in Hungary and was a top 30 hit in Ireland. The group performed the song on the music chart television program Top of the Pops. Critical reception Scottish Daily Record felt that here, "[the] London's soul funk band are back on form". A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, declaring it as "a soulful cover", that "should have their usual specialist impact as well as crossover success." An editor, Alan Jones, stated, "Recruiting Siedah Garrett has given the Brand New Heavies a new lease of life." Daisy & Havoc from the RM Dance Update named it "one of the best tracks on the recent BNH album (which either says something about their songwriting or our age), and now it appears with the compulsory remixes." Track listings CD single, UK and Europe (1997) "You've Got a Friend" (radio version) "You Are the Universe" (recorded live at The Forum) "Midnight at the Oasis" (recorded live at The Forum) "Sometimes" (recorded live at The Forum) CD single, UK and Europe (1997) "You've Got a Friend" (radio version) – 3:27 "You've Got a Friend" (Brooklyn Funk R&B mix) – 4:58 "You've Got a Friend" (Ballistic Brothers mix) – 5:00 "You've Got a Friend" (Brooklyn Funk club mix) – 4:54 "You've Got a Friend" (Tee's club mix) – 6:27 "You've Got a Friend" (original mix) – 3:48 Charts Other versions Dusty Springfield recorded the song in early 1971 during the sessions for her third Atlantic Records album Faithful. Her recording predates that of James Taylor, but it was shelved until 1999 when it was included as a bonus track on the 1999 Deluxe Edition of her first Atlantic album, the critically acclaimed Dusty in Memphis (which contained four Carole King compositions). Faithful went unreleased due to disputes between Springfield and Atlantic, but the sessions were eventually issued as a stand-alone album in 2015. The song was recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway for their 1972 album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway and was released as the album's first single.