1985 Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne – You’re A Friend Of Mine (US:#18)
“You’re A Friend Of Mine” is a 1985 hit song, written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, with lead vocals by Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne in a duet. At the time of the song’s release, Clemons was already well known nationally as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. The song was released on Clemons’s solo album Hero (1985). Browne’s then-girlfriend Daryl Hannah provides background vocals and appears in the song’s music video painting and later filming the duo. Also appearing in the video is a backing band, including songwriter Walden on drums. The B-side was “Let the Music Say It”, a non-album track written by Clemons and Michael Jonzun.
The song was a commercial success, reaching the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 (#18), Mainstream Rock (#16), and the top 40 on the Adult Contemporary (#21) charts in the U.S.
Album
Hero is a studio album by Clarence Clemons. Known for his saxophone work with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Clemons released this pop album at the height of Springsteen’s popularity following the success of Born in the U.S.A. It spawned two hit singles, 1985’s “You’re a Friend of Mine”, a duet with Jackson Browne also […]
Muscians
| Bass | Randy Jackson |
| Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
| Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
| Keyboards | David Sancious |
| Keyboards | Preston Glass |
| Organ | Booker T Jones |
| Sax | Clarence Clemons |
| Sax | Premik Russell Tubbs |
| Harp | Michael Rado |
| Bells | Narada Michael Walden |
| Glockenspiel | Greg Gonaway |
| Percussion | Narada Michael Walden |
| Background Vocals | Craig Thomas |
| Background Vocals | Daryl Hannah |
| Background Vocals | Hangsa |
| Vocals | Jackson Browne |
| Vocals | Clarence Clemons |
Produced By
Narada Michael Walden
Songwriters
Jeffrey Cohen
Narada Michael Walden
Charts
US:#18
UK:# –