who sang you got a friend in me from toy story
Randy Newman
title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: You've Got a Friend in Me "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film "Toy Story", it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, "Toy Story 2" (1999) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole "Toy Story" franchise. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but lost both to "Colors of the Wind" from Disney's "Pocahontas". Like many other Disney title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: Contemporary chart hit, spending 14 weeks on the chart and peaking at number 10. On May 31, 2018, Rex Orange County released a cover of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”, performing along with Randy Newman, the creator of the song. You've Got a Friend in Me "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film "Toy Story", it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, "Toy Story 2" (1999) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the three "Toy Story" films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in "Toy Story; " a diegetic instance by Tom Hanks, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in "Toy Story 2", and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in "Toy Story 3". The song is played during the opening credits for "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 3", establishing the importance of Woody and Andy in the first film and the importance of all his title: Toy Story text: Kids' Choice Award, MTV Movie Award, and a British Academy Film Award, among others. John Lasseter received an Academy Special Achievement Award in 1996 "for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." Additionally, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards, two to Randy Newman for Best Music—Original Song, for "You've Got a Friend in Me", and Best Music—Original Musical or Comedy Score. It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton and Joss Whedon, making title: Toy Story (soundtrack) text: ("You've Got a Friend in Me"). Despite the album's critical success, the soundtrack only peaked at number 94 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart. A cassette and CD single release of "You've Got a Friend in Me" was released on April 12, 1996, to promote the soundtrack's release. After it went out of print, the album was made available for purchase digitally in retailers such as iTunes. The soundtrack, along with Newman's complete unreleased score for the film was remastered and reissued on July 17, 2015 as the tenth entry of "The Legacy Collection" series. Toy Story (soundtrack) Toy Story: