Song · Francis and the Lights
“Friends” by Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver
From the album Farewell, Starlite! (2016) Featuring Bon Iver
“Friends” by Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2016. It was first released in 2016 on the album Farewell, Starlite!. Its best result is #75 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #344 indie & aaa song of 2016.
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"Friends" landed in July 2016, the single that paired Francis and the Lights with Bon Iver, and it sits on the Francis and the Lights album Farewell, Starlite! Francis Farewell Starlite wrote it with Justin Vernon, Rostam Batmanglij produced, and Kanye West pitched in too, without taking a credit. All three of them turn up in the video.
Its reach ran ahead of its release: Chance the Rapper sampled it for "Summer Friends" on his 2016 mixtape Coloring Book before "Friends" was officially out as a single. Red Bull ranked it 15th among the best songs of 2016, and Francis and the Lights, Vernon and West teamed up again in 2019 for "Take Me to the Light".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 75 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
Also listed as: "Friends" feat. Bon Iver.
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