Graduation (Friends Forever)

"Graduation (Friends Forever)"
Single by Vitamin C
from the album Vitamin C
Released June 2000
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 5:39 (Album Version)
4:26 (Radio Edit)
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Coke Escovedo, Gregg Rolie, Michael Carabello
Producer(s) Josh Deutsch and Garry Hughes
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Vitamin C singles chronology
"Me, Myself & I"
(1999)		 "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
(2000)		 "The Itch"
(2000)
Alternative covers
German cover

"Graduation (Friends Forever)" is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut studio album, Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at some middle school and elementary school promotions.

Content

The opening lyrics of "Graduation (Friends Forever)" allude to "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople. The song is heavily based on Pachelbel's Canon in D, transposed to the key of C major, and also includes the opening of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30.[1] Some radio stations played an alternate version, which has clips of students talking about graduation dispersed through the song. After the song became popular, the album was re-issued in US to include both mixes, with the "Student Interview Mix" being a hidden track.[2] Several years after the song's initial peak, Radio Disney made a new edit to cater to their younger demographic, in which the interviews of students graduating high school were replaced by interviews of students graduating elementary school and middle school.[3]

Reception

The single reached number twelve on the Top 40 Mainstream, number twenty-three on the Rhythmic Top 40 and #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 30, 2000, after reaching the Top 40 on May 9, becoming her second single to reach the Top 40. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" reached number two on the Australian ARIA Charts, peaked at number twenty-one in New Zealand on the RIANZ Charts, reached number thirteen in the Swedish Singles Chart and number four on the Irish Singles Chart. The single was certified Platinum in Australia.[4]

Music video

The music video for "Graduation (Friends Forever)" was directed by Gregory Dark and was filmed at Van Nuys High School. The video is featured in the DirecTV original show Rock and a Hard Place.

Track listing

German CD Single[5]

  1. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (LP Version) - 5:39
  2. "Me, Myself And I" (Pablo Flores Miami Mix – Radio Edit) - 4:36
  3. "Me, Myself And I" (Jonathan Peters Radio Edit) - 4:00

Australian CD Single [6]

  1. Friends Forever (Graduation) (Edit) - 4:26
  2. Friends Forever (Graduation) (LP Version) - 5:40
  3. Not That Kind Of Girl (LP Version) - 3:28

US Promo CD Single[7]

  1. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (Edit)
  2. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (LP Version)
  3. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (LP Version w/ Student Interviews)
  4. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (Instrumental)
  5. "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (Call Out Hook)
  6. Audio Bio

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 21
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 38
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[14] 12

In popular culture

References

  1. ↑ "Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Vitamin-C-Vitamin-C/release/686212
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-_dqf4jgeM
  4. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles". Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  5. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Vitamin-C-Graduation-Friends-Forever/release/3819191
  6. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Vitamin-C-Friends-Forever-Graduation/release/438487
  7. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Vitamin-C-Graduation-Friends-Forever/release/5021883
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Vitamin C – Friends Forever (Graduation)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  9. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 71, No. 6, June 12, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  10. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart". 'Irish-Charts.com.
  11. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Vitamin C – Friends Forever (Graduation)". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Vitamin C – Friends Forever (Graduation)". Singles Top 100.
  13. ↑ Chart info
  14. ↑ Pop songs History
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