Friends (Dionne Warwick album)

Friends is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on November 25, 1985 in the United States. Her seventh album with the label, it was executive produced by Clive Davis, who consulted frequent collaborators Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Albhy Galuten, Barry Manilow, and Stevie Wonder as well as Narada Michael Walden and David Foster to work with Warwick.

Friends
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	November 25, 1985
Length	41:57
Label	Arista
Producer	Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager David Foster Albhy Galuten Barry Manilow Narada Michael Walden Stevie Wonder
Dionne Warwick chronology
Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987)
Singles from Friends
"That's What Friends Are For" Released: November 1985 "Whisper in the Dark" Released: February 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Following a series of lukewarm commercial successes, Friends marked a return to form for Warwick. Her highest-charting album since Dionne (1979), it peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and went gold in Canada and the US. At the 1987 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Friends yielded the worldwide top ten single "That's What Friends Are For", which became Warwick's biggest US hit, spending four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single, "Whisper in the Dark", was released in 1986.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"That's What Friends Are For" (featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder)	Carole Bayer Sager Burt Bacharach	Sager Bacharach	4:15
2.	"Whisper in the Dark"	Bruce Roberts Edgar Bronfman, Jr.	Albhy Galuten	4:35
3.	"Remember Your Heart"	Dan Navarro David P. Bryant	Galuten	3:43
4.	"Love at Second Sight"	David Foster Paul Gordon	Foster	4:40
5.	"Moments Aren't Moments"	Stevie Wonder	Wonder	4:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"Stronger Than Before"	Sager Bacharach Roberts	Sager Bacharach	3:22
7.	"Stay Devoted"	Sager Bacharach	Sager Bacharach	3:36
8.	"No One There (To Sing Me a Love Song)"	Narada Michael Walden Preston Glass Randy Jackson Walter Afanasieff	Barry Manilow Artie Butler Walden	4:28
9.	"How Long?"	Sager Bacharach	Sager Bacharach	4:12
10.	"Extravagant Gestures"	Sager Bacharach	Sager Bacharach	4:59

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Friends Chart (1985–1986) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 29 Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[4] 16 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 20 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 33 US Top Pop Albums (Billboard)[7] 12 US Top Black Albums (Billboard)[8] 9 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[9] 14 US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[10] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Friends Chart (1986) Position Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[11] 82 US Top Pop Albums (Billboard)[12] 89 US Top Black Albums (Billboard)[13] 38 US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[14] 30

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Friends

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[16]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.