who wrote the song you've got a friend in me
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: Woody sees this and has an epiphany, realizing that his mission as a toy is to be there for a child. (In-universe, the song was presumably written for "Woody's Roundup".) The "Woody's Roundup" version was performed by Tom Hanks, with acoustic guitar backing; Wheezy's version was sung by Robert Goulet (though the character was voiced by Joe Ranft); and the Spanish version, "You've Got a Friend in Me (Para el Buzz Español)", was performed by the Gipsy Kings. Michael Bublé covered "You've Got a Friend in Me" on his 2013 album, "To Be Loved". The track became a U.S. Adult 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: You've Got a Friend text: Year). Dozens of other artists have recorded the song over the years, including Dusty Springfield, Michael Jackson, Anne Murray and Donny Hathaway. "You've Got a Friend" was written by Carole King during the January 1971 recording sessions for her own album "Tapestry", and James Taylor's album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon". King has stated that "the song was as close to pure inspiration as I've ever experienced. The song wrote itself. It was written by something outside myself, through me." According to Taylor, King told him that the song was a response to a line in Taylor's earlier