who wrote song you've got a friend
Carole King
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 title: You've Got a Friend text: You've Got a Friend "You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song written by Carole King. It was first recorded by King, and included in her album "Tapestry". Another well-known version is by James Taylor from his album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon". His was released as a single in 1971 reaching number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The two versions were recorded simultaneously in 1971 with shared musicians. "You've Got a Friend" won Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) and King (Song of the title: You've Got a Friend text: and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in tribute to the victims of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. According to author James D. Perone, the song's themes include an expression of "a universal, sisterly/brotherly, agape-type love of one human being for another, regardless of gender." The "reassuring" lyrics have long made the song popular with lonely people needing a boost of self-confidence. The song's messages of friendship having no boundaries and a friend being there when you are in need has universal appeal. For Taylor the lyrics had particular resonance due to the depression he had recovered from shortly before hearing King title: James Taylor text: James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 "Greatest Hits" album was certified Diamond and title: You've Got a Friend text: song "Fire and Rain" that "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend." King's album was recorded in an overlap with Taylor's, and King, Danny Kortchmar, and Joni Mitchell perform on both. The song is included on both albums; King said in a 1972 interview that she "didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it and wanted to record it". Taylor's version was released as a single, and reached number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The