"Friends" is a song recorded by American singer Blake Shelton. It was released as the first promotional single from Shelton's tenth studio album, If I'm Honest (2016). It is the theme song to the 2016 animated film The Angry Birds Movie where Shelton provided voice-over for a pig. The track was written by both Shelton and Jessi Alexander, who had collaborated before on Blake Shelton's "Drink on It", and "Mine Would Be You".

The song is about two unlikely friends sticking together, despite them being "different as different can be". The song describes how friends may fight, but "in the end [they] are gonna be friends".

Friends (Blake Shelton song)

The song was issued as a digital download on April 8, 2016. A music video for the song was also released.

Friends (Blake Shelton song)

Chart performance

After the initial release of "Friends", the song only peaked on one record chart, the US Kid Digital Songs component chart. For the week ending April 30, 2016, it debuted and peaked at number three, before departing the chart an additional four weeks later.

Friends (Blake Shelton song)

Charts

References

2016 singles

2016 songs

2010s ballads

Blake Shelton songs

Atlantic Records singles

Warner Records Nashville singles

Warner Records singles

Songs about friendship

Songs written for animated films

Songs written by Blake Shelton

Songs written by Jessi Alexander

Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks

Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy