Friends (Whodini song) explained

"Friends" is a song by the American hip-hop group Whodini. The song reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1984–85)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	87
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)^[4]	4
U.S.	Billboard Dance/Disco^[5]	25

Public Enemy sampled the drum beat for their song "Sophisticated Bitch" from their first album.
The song was interpolated in Nas' song "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" from his 1996 album It Was Written.^[6]
Dr. Dre sampled the track for "A Nigga Witta Gun" from the 1992 album The Chronic.
The song was sampled on the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina on the song "Thought that we were friends", sung by Christina Vidal who played the title character.
The song was also sampled by Will Smith for the track "Potnas" on his 1999 album Willennium.
MF DOOM sampled it for the track "Deep Fried Frenz" on his 2004 album Mm...Food.
Bad Azz sampled it for the track "Ghetto Star" for his 1998 debut album Word On Tha Streets.
2Pac sampled it for the track "Troublesome '96" from his posthumous Greatest Hits album.
213 sampled it in their debut song "Friends" from member Nate Dogg's 1998 album G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2.
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony sampled it in their song "Friends" (renamed to "How Many of Us Have Them" on some releases) on their 1997 album The Art of War.

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