Be Your Own Best Friend Explained

Be Your Own Best Friend
Type:Studio
Artist:Ray Stevens
Cover:Be Your Own Best Friend.jpg
Released:October 1978
Genre:Pop, country
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Ray Stevens
Prev Title:There Is Something on Your Mind
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:The Feeling's Not Right Again
Next Year:1979

Be Your Own Best Friend was Ray Stevens' sixteenth studio album as well as his fourth and final for Warner Bros. Records, released in 1978. The third track, "You've Got the Music Inside," is a re-recording of a track that was from Stevens' 1973 album Nashville.

All of the selections were published by Ray Stevens Music-BMI, with the exception of "You've Got the Music Inside," which was published by Ahab Music Company, Inc.-BMI.

The title track is the album's sole single.

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Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

YearSingleChartPosition
1978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Canadian RPM Country Tracks16
1978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks36
1978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Billboard Adult Contemporary50