What About Your Friends
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| Single by TLC | ||||||||||
| from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip | ||||||||||
| Released | August 28, 1992 | |||||||||
| Format |
CD single cassette maxi single | |||||||||
| Recorded | Summer 1991 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop, new jack swing, R&B | |||||||||
| Length |
4:00 (Radio edit w/o rap) 4:06 (Radio edit w/ rap) 4:55 (Album version) | |||||||||
| Label | LaFace, Arista | |||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Dallas Austin Lisa Lopes | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Dallas Austin | |||||||||
| Certification | RIAA: Gold | |||||||||
| TLC singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"What About Your Friends" is TLC's third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's third consecutive top-ten single. The single was released in August 28, 1992.
Song information
"What About Your Friends" was written by Dallas Austin and TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,[1] and features lead vocals by T-Boz.
Music video
The main performance scenes of the video are the girls walking in an alley surrounded by backup dancers, underneath a bridge, on an outside staircase, on an apartment roof, in a slushie bar and wearing graffiti clothes in front of a graffiti-covered wall. Two versions of the video were made: one focuses on more of the performance shots of the girls and scenes of them infiltrating a stylish fashion show, while the other features scenes of a party in a big park where the girls are being very happy, dancing and having fun with their friends and some family members; including a scene of them reprising their roles as hillbillies from the "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" video at the end. Jermaine Dupri makes a cameo appearance.
Commercial performance
The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's third consecutive top ten single,[2] and reached No. 2 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.[3] The single was certified gold by the RIAA.[4] In the United Kingdom, "What About Your Friends" peaked at No. 59.[5]
Charts
Peak positions
| Chart (1992-93) | Peak position[2] |
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| Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[6] | 79 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2[3] |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 18 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 59 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1992) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 88 |
| Chart (1993) | Position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] | 62 |
References
- ↑ "ASCAP search". ASCAP. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- 1 2 "Billboard singles history". Billboard/Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- 1 2 "Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip Billboard singles history". Billboard/Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ "American certifications – TLC – What About Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1 2 "UK charts archive". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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