Skip to content
Artwork for Thank You for Being a Friend Andrew Gold

Thank You for Being a Friend

Andrew Gold

15 sources

15 cited facts

  • 1978
  • 4:42
  • 112 BPM · A# major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Open in graph

  1. Engineered by Greg Ladanyi, also Africa (Toto), Afraid of Love (Toto) and Don’t Chain My Heart (Toto)

  2. Released on Asylum Records, also Hotel California (Eagles), Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) and Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran)

  3. Recorded at Sound Factory, also ABC (The Jacksons), Nothin’ for Nothin’ (Cinderella) and Back Home Again (Cinderella)

  4. Produced by Brock Walsh, also Automatic (The Pointer Sisters), Never Let Her Slip Away and How Can This Be Love?

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Credits

All 14 credits
Written by
Andrew Gold
Produced by
Andrew Gold and Brock Walsh
Performed by
Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh, Jeff Porcaro, Kenny Edwards and Waddy Wachtel
Engineered by
Dennis Kirk, George Ybara and Greg Ladanyi
Part of
All This and Heaven Too
Recorded at
Sound Factory
Released on
Asylum Records

Connected by credits

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Elsewhere

Sources (15)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Andrew Gold

    Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Andrew Gold

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Brock Walsh

    Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Brock Walsh

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Jeff Porcaro

    Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Jeff Porcaro

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Kenny Edwards

    Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Kenny Edwards

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Waddy Wachtel

    Thank You for Being a Friend was performed by Waddy Wachtel

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was produced by Andrew Gold

    Thank You for Being a Friend was produced by Andrew Gold

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was produced by Brock Walsh

    Thank You for Being a Friend was produced by Brock Walsh

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was written by Andrew Gold

    Thank You for Being a Friend was written by Andrew Gold

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend is part of the release All This and Heaven Too

    Thank You for Being a Friend is part of the release All This and Heaven Too

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was recorded at Sound Factory

    Thank You for Being a Friend was recorded at Sound Factory

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Asylum Records is the label of the song Thank You for Being a Friend

    Asylum Records is the label of the song Thank You for Being a Friend

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by Dennis Kirk

    Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by Dennis Kirk

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by George Ybara

    Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by George Ybara

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by Greg Ladanyi

    Thank You for Being a Friend was engineered by Greg Ladanyi

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz Thank You for Being a Friend was released on 1978-01

    Thank You for Being a Friend was released on 1978-01

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026