We Used to Be Friends
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| Single by The Dandy Warhols | ||||
| from the album Welcome to the Monkey House | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2003 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7" vinyl, DVD single | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, power pop, synthpop | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Grant Nicholas, Bjorn Thorsrud | |||
| The Dandy Warhols singles chronology | ||||
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"We Used to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Welcome to the Monkey House, on 23 April 2003. The single failed to chart in the US but peaked at number 18 in the UK. The song is known for being the theme song to the TV series Veronica Mars, and was also notably featured in an episode of The O.C., the FIFA Football 2004 soundtrack and is also the theme song to Australian reality series, My Restaurant Rules. (In his appearance on Australian music game show Spicks and Specks, Courtney Taylor-Taylor expressed that he had not heard of My Restaurant Rules and did not see the connection between restaurants and the subject matter of the song.)
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Background
The song bears a similar intro riff and vocal melody to that of a Feeder song "Day In Day Out", and the band have listed Grant Nicholas as co-writer.
Critical reception
NME praised the track, describing it as "a synthetic chatter of robotic handclaps and tweaky guitar fuzz, creamed off with a squeaky-clean chorus delivered in alarming falsetto".[1]
Cover versions
- In 2011, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional covered this song on his album Covered In The Flood.[2]
Alejandro Escovedo recorded a new acoustic version for the soundtrack of the 2014 film Veronica Mars; he also appeared in the film as a street musician performing the song.
Track listing
| CD | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "We Used to Be Friends" | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "Call Me" (Blondie cover) | Debbie Harry and Giorgio Moroder | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Relax" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover) | Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Brian Nash and Mark O'Toole | 3:49 |
- 7" vinyl
- "We Used to Be Friends"
- "Minnesoter (Thee Slayer Hippie Mix)"
- DVD
- "We Used to Be Friends" (video)
- "Bohemian Like You (Boston Dave Mix)"
- "Minnesoter (Thee Slayer Hippie Mix)"
- An Introduction to The Dandy Warhols
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] | 18 |
References
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- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2003-05-17" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
External links
- "We Used to Be Friends" at AllMusic
- "We Used to Be Friends" at Discogs (list of releases)
- "We Used to Be Friends" music video on YouTube
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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