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Burt Bacharach

That’s What Friends Are For

1982 · via Dionne & Friends

Burt Bacharach’s 1982 recording of “That’s What Friends Are For” is the earliest release on file. Burt Bacharach shares the writing credit with Carole Bayer Sager. Also recorded by Rod Stewart (released 1998), Kevin Eubanks (released 1986) and Trijntje Oosterhuis (released 2008), among 79 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Before Elton, Gladys, Dionne and Stevie passed it around the room, Burt Bacharach put it out himself in 1982, the man who co-wrote it taking the first crack. Hear the song before it had all its friends.

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Credited writers: Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

Other recordings on file · first release year

79 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 26, 2026.

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