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"Best Friend" is a song by American singer Brandy Norwood. It was written by Keith Crouch and Glenn McKinney for her self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994), while production was helmed by the former. The song was dedicated to her brother Ray J. The song was released as the album's third single in June 1995. With peak positions of number 11 in New Zealand and number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the song was successful. However, it peaked at number 7 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was also featured on her hit series Moesha where Kim and she (Countess Vaughn) were cheerleaders in the final scene of the second episode "Friends" that aired in early 1996. Brandy performed the song on Soul Train (June 1995) and Showtime at the Apollo (October 1995). Background "Best Friend" was written by Keith Crouch and Glenn McKinney, while production was helmed by Crouch. A lighthearted "jeep pop" ode to sibling bonds, Norwood dedicated the song to her younger brother Ray J who was initially supposed to appear on a duet version of the song. Crouch used an E-mu SP-1200 to sample the kick drums and snare drums on "Best Friend," and had Rashaan Patterson sing a scratch demo to the lead of the track. He also convinced his friend, saxophonist Derrick Edmondson, to play the flute on the song, though Edmondson initially disliked the raspy tone of his flute sounds which came from his deep, raspy voice. With Crouch being the last producer on Brandy to join the team, his songs were the last to be recorded. Norwood created the backgrounds vocals on "Best Friend" by herself. Coming from a church where she grew up singing a capella, she loved "playing with different notes and feeling that union with different harmonies and sounds [..] And this song was the first time I'd felt that feeling outside of the church." In a 2019 interview with Billboard, she disclosed that she had initially favored "Best Friend" to be the lead single due to its personal lyrics and that she "had to be convinced that ["I Wanna Be Down"] was the right first single, because [she] loved "Best Friend" so much." She further told Complex: "I actually think that was the song that should’ve been the first single, because it was about my brother Ray J [...] It was great to do a song about him, because he means everything to me. It was just about our relationship. We were not going through anything at the time. I just wanted to dedicate a song to him that meant something to me."

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Best Friend: 2020 film directed by Lee Hwan-kyung · 1976 Broadway play written by Michael Sawyer · 2015 song performed by Yelawolf · 2017 single by Sofi Tukker

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"Best Friend" is a song by American singer Brandy Norwood. It was written by Keith Crouch and Glenn McKinney for her self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994), while production was helmed by the former. The song was dedicated to her brother Ray J. The song was released as the album's third single in June 1995. With peak positions of number 11 in New Zealand and number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the song was successful. However, it peaked at number 7 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was also featured on her hit series Moesha where Kim and she (Countess Vaughn) were cheerleaders in the final scene of the second episode "Friends" that aired in early 1996. Brandy performed the song on Soul Train (June 1995) and Showtime at the Apollo (October 1995). Background "Best Friend" was written by Keith Crouch and Glenn McKinney, while production was helmed by Crouch. A lighthearted "jeep pop" ode to sibling bonds, Norwood dedicated the song to her younger brother Ray J who was initially supposed to appear on a duet version of the song. Crouch used an E-mu SP-1200 to sample the kick drums and snare drums on "Best Friend," and had Rashaan Patterson sing a scratch demo to the lead of the track. He also convinced his friend, saxophonist Derrick Edmondson, to play the flute on the song, though Edmondson initially disliked the raspy tone of his flute sounds which came from his deep, raspy voice. With Crouch being the last producer on Brandy to join the team, his songs were the last to be recorded. Norwood created the backgrounds vocals on "Best Friend" by herself. Coming from a church where she grew up singing a capella, she loved "playing with different notes and feeling that union with different harmonies and sounds [..] And this song was the first time I'd felt that feeling outside of the church." In a 2019 interview with Billboard, she disclosed that she had initially favored "Best Friend" to be the lead single due to its personal lyrics and that she "had to be convinced that ["I Wanna Be Down"] was the right first single, because [she] loved "Best Friend" so much." She further told Complex: "I actually think that was the song that should’ve been the first single, because it was about my brother Ray J [...] It was great to do a song about him, because he means everything to me. It was just about our relationship. We were not going through anything at the time. I just wanted to dedicate a song to him that meant something to me."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).