| Friends | |
| Cover: | Joe Satriani - 1992 - Friends.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Satriani |
| Album: | The Extremist |
| B-Side: | New Blues |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 1990–92[2] |
| Genre: | Instrumental rock |
| Label: | Relativity |
| Producer: | Joe Satriani, Andy Johns |
| Prev Title: | Flying in a Blue Dream |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Summer Song |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
"Friends" is a single by guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 1992 through Relativity Records. The single contains two instrumental tracks from his Grammy-nominated[3] fourth studio album The Extremist, with "Friends" reaching No. 12 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[4]
The chord progression of "Friends" generally follows an I–IV–V pattern (with the exception of the bridge sections) in the key of D flat (occasionally D when played live), with heavy use of power chords in the accompaniment. Satriani performs the track using Drop D tuning down a half step and when performing the track live often uses a different guitar. In an interview for Guitar for the Practicing Musician, Satriani stated that he originally composed the song on bass guitar while looking through a book of photographs of smiling children.