| Kelly Price의 싱글 | ||||
| - | → | Friend of Mine (1998) | → | "Heartbreak Hotel" (1998) |
| R. Kelly의 싱글 | ||||
| "Be Careful" (1998) | → | Friend of Mine (1998) | → | "Half on a Baby" (1998) |
| Ronald Isley의 싱글 | ||||
| "Smokin' Me Out" (1997) | → | Friend of Mine (1998) | → | "Bigger Business" (2002) |
| Friend of Mine | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | Soul of a Woman | |||
| 아티스트 | Kelly Price featuring R. Kelly & Ronald Isley (리믹스) Kelly Price (앨범 버전) | |||
| B-Side | "Secret Love/You Complete Me/Take Me to a Dream (Snippets)" (카세트 싱글) "Soul of a Woman" (7인치 싱글) "Friend of Mine (Radio Edit)" "Friend of Mine (Ruff Dub)" (12인치 싱글) | |||
| 발매일 | 1998년 5월 5일 | |||
| 녹음 | 1997년 ~ 1998년 D.A.R.P. 스튜디오 (조지아 주 애틀랜타)[1] 시카고 레코딩 컴퍼니 (일리노이 주 시카고)[2] 시카고 트랙스 레코딩 스튜디오 (일리노이 주 시카고)[3] 배터리 스튜디오 시카고 (일리노이 주 시카고)[4] | |||
| 장르 | R&B | |||
| 재생 시간 | 6:18 (리믹스) 5:29 (앨범 버전) | |||
| 레이블 | T-Neck, Island | |||
| 송라이터 | Kelly Price, Steve Jordan, Jeffrey Walker, Anthony Dent | |||
| 프로듀서 | Stevie J., J Dub, Dent (앨범 버전) R. Kelly (리믹스) | |||
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1. 개요
미국의 R&B/가스펠 여가수 켈리 프라이스[* 머라이어 캐리]의 백보컬 출신이다. [[휘트니 휴스턴과 콜라보 하기도 했다. 묵직하고 든든한 성량을 가진 실력파 가수이다.]의 싱글이며 그녀의 데뷔 앨범 Soul of a Woman의 첫 싱글로 1998년 5월 5일에 발매되었다. 알 켈리와 로널드 아이즐리가 피쳐링으로 참여했다.2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
| 오디오 |
| 리믹스 |
| 앨범 버전 |
| 뮤직 비디오 |
| 리믹스 |
3. 가사
| 리믹스 |
| [Intro: Mr. Biggs][5] Yeah Kelly, you there? Now, listen baby I got your message I'm just confused I don't understand everything but I'm on my way over there to you Now you stay on the phone And tell me everything that went down [Verse 1: Kelly and (Mr. Biggs)] See I was the one Who picked her up when so called friends let her down (Uh huh) And I was the one Who took her in when that fool put her out (I know) Yeah, a true friend indeed You see I was there when chips was going down (You know I know) Um, but she betrayed me Caught him with her coming in from out of town (You WHAT?!) Tell me why? (Aww, SHIT!) [Chorus: Kelly and (Mr. Biggs)] Why ya ya, (Whyyy?) why yah yah Why yah yah, why yah yah I wanna know Why yah yah, why yah yah (Why, baby?!) Why yah yah, why yah yah [Verse 2: Kelly and (Mr. Biggs)] Now I put my trust in him I can't believe he slept with her behind my back (Oh) I went out on a limb I even covered up to keep his thing in tact (Yeah) Um.. what I had in me, yeah Was something real that's so hard to come about, Uh (Oh, oh) But he betrayed me There was a photo in some laundry that I found Tell me why [Chorus: Kelly and (Mr. Biggs)] Why ya ya, (Whyyy?) why yah yah Why yah yah, why yah yah I put all my trust in you, baby Why yah yah, why yah yah (Ooh, why?!) Why yah yah, why yah yah [Bridge] She was my best friend (oh yeah, oh yeah) Hung with me through thick and thin (My homey, my homey) Sisters to the very end (And I) I can't believe it Can't believe it Can't believe it He was everything to me (Everything to me, baby) Now out the door he's history (Oh now ya gotta go on) We could've had everything (And I) I can't believe it Can't believe it Can't believe it [Interlude] Mr. Biggs: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Kelly: Why, why, why Mr. Biggs: Why Kelly: Can't believe I trusted you Mr. Biggs: Kelly, let me call him up Kelly: No, no, no, no Mr. Biggs: And just talk to him Kelly: There's nothing to say Because it's too late, oh Mr. Biggs: Oh, I know it, but it's just the principle About the whole thing, oh I'm your Godfather And I can't stand for nobody to hurt you, baby Kelly: No, no, no, no Mr. Biggs: So just call him up Kelly: I don't wanna, I don't wanna Mr. Biggs: Call him baby, call him right now Kelly: I'm callin', I'm callin', I'm callin' Mr. Biggs: Call him up..... R. Kelly: Hello? Who's this? Mr. Biggs: This is Mr. Biggs R. Kelly: How ya doin' Mr. Biggs Mr. Biggs: What the hell is going on? R. Kelly: What you mean what's goin' on? Mr. Biggs: Kelly's telling me That you're sleeping with another woman R. Kelly: Just because she sees me wit her Doesn't mean I'm sleeping wit her Mr. Biggs: Well, if you're not sleepin' with her What the hell you doin' with her R. Kelly: Damn, I could be just talkin' to her Mr. Biggs: Or you could be just creepin' with her Now son, man to man, we both know the game R. Kelly: Yeah, but what's that got to..... Mr. Biggs: Wait a minute And you know all about heartache and pain This is my Goddaughter And I'm just trying to protect her heart Kelly: Don't waste your time Mr. Biggs: You may have been a moon to her But to me she's the star, oh [Chorus] Why ya ya, why ya ya [Outro] Kelly: Why, why Mr. Biggs: Kelly, take this phone! [Kelly] She was my best friend You were my husband Oh, but I don't want you No, no, no more Said I don't want you No, no, no, no more See you shaped and molded me To be what you wanted me to be She was a leaf in your life But I was the root to your tree, oh [Repeat Chorus til fade] |
| 앨범 버전 |
| [Intro] Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh Oh-oh oh Oh-whoa [Chorus] She was a friend of mine (Yeah-yeah) She left with my man (Why, why, why?) She lied (Yeah-yeah), cheated (Oh, lord), took all I had (She was, yeah) She was a friend of mine (Ooh, ooh-ooh) She used what she knew (I don't know why) She lied (Yeah), cheated (Ooh-oh), and left me confused [Verse 1] I feel so lost Don't know why this has happened to me, ooh My closest friend I never would have thought it could be You were someone Someone I really thought I could trust But my man, you laid, and I'm betrayed [Chorus] She was a friend of mine (Yeah-yeah, hey) She left with my man (No, you lied) She lied (And cheated), cheated (Oh-oh), took all I had (You were my friend) She was a friend of mine (Yeah, yeah-yeah, mm-mm) She used what she knew (Oh-oh) She lied (You lied), cheated (Yes, you did), and left me confused [Verse 2] Thicker than blood Wherever there was me, there was you, ooh My all was your all But that wasn't enough for you You had to see And try to walk a mile in my shoes In my head, in my bed Betrayed by my best friend [Chorus] She was a friend of mine (Oh, yeah-yeah) She left with my man (Oh-ooh) She lied (You lied), cheated (You cheated), took all I had (Yeah-yeah, oh-ooh) She was a friend of mine (My closest friend) She used what she knew (Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah) She lied (You lied), cheated (And cheated), and left me confused (And oh, I wanna know why) [Bridge] (Why?) You were my friend (Why?) I gave you all I had (Why?) Everything, everything that you'd want (Why?) Oh-oh-ooh-whoa-oh-oh-whoa (Why?) You were my friend (Why?) Oh, my sister (Why?) Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (Why?) [Chorus] She was a friend of mine (Oh, you were, you were, you were) She left with my man (How could you do this to me?) She lied (Yeah-yeah), cheated (Yeah-yeah-yeah), took all I had (You were) She was a friend of mine (My best friend, yeah-yeah yeah) She used what she knew (And everything that you needed) She lied (I gave you), cheated (Everything), and left me confused (Oh-whoa) She was a friend of mine (Yeah-yeah) She left with my man (You left me alone) She lied (You lied), cheated (You cheated, yeah), took all I had (Every little thing I had) She was a friend of mine (Yeah, yeah, yeah) She used what she knew (You used all you knew) She lied (You liar), cheated (And you're a cheater), and left me confused (You, whoa) She was a friend of mine (How could you do it, how could you do it?) She left with my man (Yeah-yeah-yeah yeah) She lied (You're a liar), cheated (And you're a cheater), took all I had (Hey-hey-hey yeah) She was a friend of mine (You were my friend, yeah-yeah yeah) [Outro] Oh-oh, you're a liar Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-ooh |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 1998년 8월 첫째 주부터 다섯번째 주까지 5주 연속 1위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1998년 8월 첫째 주에 12위를 기록했고 9주 연속 20위권 안에 머물러 있었다.[6]1998년 빌보드 R&B 연말 차트에서 10위, 1998년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 72위에 올랐다.