You're My Best Friend (Queen)

You're My Best Friend is een nummer van de rockband Queen van het album A Night at the Opera en geschreven door bassist John Deacon. Het was de eerste single van zijn hand die door Queen werd uitgebracht.

You're My Best Friend
Single van: Queen
Van het album: A Night at the Opera
B-kant(en)	'39
Uitgebracht	18 mei 1976
Soort drager	1975: vinyl (7")
Opname	1975, Rockfield Studios
Genre	Rock, Ballad
Duur	3:31
Label	EMI
Schrijver(s)	John Deacon
Producent(en)	Roy Thomas Baker en Queen
Hoogste positie(s) in de hitlijsten
#2 (Canada) #3 (Ierland) #7 (Verenigd Koninkrijk) #9 (Nederland) #16 (Verenigde Staten) #35 (Australië) #90 (Japan)
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Bohemian Rhapsody   You're My Best Friend   Somebody to Love
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Deacon componeerde het nummer terwijl hij piano leerde spelen welk instrument hij ook bespeelde in het nummer. Hij schreef het nummer voor zijn vrouw Veronica. De gebruikte piano was een elektrische piano van Wurlitzer.

Freddie Mercury hield niet van deze piano en weigerde erop te spelen: I refused to play the damn thing [the Wurlitzer]. It’s tiny and horrible and I don’t like them. Why play those things when you’ve got a lovely superb grand piano? No, I think, basically what he [John] is trying to say is it was the desired effect.

Deacon zei hierover: Well, Freddie didn’t like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on.

Hitnotering

Single Top 100

Hitnotering: 07-08-1976 t/m 11-09-1976
Week	1	2	3	4	5	6
Nummer	17	10	6	7	14	29	uit

NPO Radio 2 Top 2000

Nummer met notering(en) in de NPO Radio 2 Top 2000[noot 1]	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'20	'21	'22	'23
You're My Best Friend	545	505	397	439	700	620	695	765	1042	723	581	749	774	940	739	748	817	802	764	642	690	845	942	961	1029

1. 1, 2, 3, … geeft de plaats aan; vet = hoogste notering. * = nummer was nog niet uitgekomen; - = nummer was niet genoteerd.

Nummers van Queen

Queen (1973):	Keep Yourself Alive · Doing All Right · Great King Rat · My Fairy King · Liar · The Night Comes Down · Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll · Son and Daughter · Jesus · Seven Seas of Rhye...
Queen II (1974):	Procession · Father to Son · White Queen (As It Began) · Some Day One Day · The Loser in the End · Ogre Battle · The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke · Nevermore · The March of the Black Queen · Funny How Love Is · Seven Seas of Rhye
1974:	See What a Fool I've Been
Sheer Heart Attack (1974):	Brighton Rock · Killer Queen · Tenement Funster · Flick of the Wrist · Lily of the Valley · Now I'm Here · In the Lap of the Gods · Stone Cold Crazy · Dear Friends · Misfire · Bring Back That Leroy Brown · She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) · In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
A Night at the Opera (1975):	Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) · Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon · I'm in Love with My Car · You're My Best Friend · '39 · Sweet Lady · Seaside Rendezvous · The Prophet's Song · Love of My Life · Good Company · Bohemian Rhapsody · God Save the Queen
A Day at the Races (1976):	Tie Your Mother Down · You Take My Breath Away · Long Away · The Millionaire Waltz · You and I · Somebody to Love · White Man · Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy · Drowse · Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
News of the World (1977):	We Will Rock You · We Are the Champions · Sheer Heart Attack · All Dead, All Dead · Spread Your Wings · Fight from the Inside · Get Down, Make Love · Sleeping on the Sidewalk · Who Needs You · It's Late · My Melancholy Blues
Jazz (1978):	Mustapha · Fat Bottomed Girls · Jealousy · Bicycle Race · If You Can't Beat Them · Let Me Entertain You · Dead on Time · In Only Seven Days · Dreamer's Ball · Fun It · Leaving Home Ain't Easy · Don't Stop Me Now · More of That Jazz
The Game (1980):	Play the Game · Dragon Attack · Another One Bites the Dust · Need Your Loving Tonight · Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Rock It (Prime Jive) · Don't Try Suicide · Sail Away Sweet Sister · Coming Soon · Save Me
Flash Gordon (1980):	Flash's Theme · In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme) · Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless) · The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale) · Football Fight · In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise) · Execution of Flash · The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) · Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men) · Escape from the Swamp · Flash to the Rescue · Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men) · Battle Theme · The Wedding March · Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching) · Crash Dive on Mingo City · Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) · The Hero
1980:	A Human Body
1981:	Soul Brother
Hot Space (1982):	Staying Power · Dancer · Back Chat · Body Language · Action This Day · Put Out the Fire · Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) · Calling All Girls · Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) · Cool Cat · Under Pressure (met David Bowie)
The Works (1984):	Radio Ga Ga · Tear It Up · It's a Hard Life · Man on the Prowl · Machines (Or 'Back to Humans') · I Want to Break Free · Keep Passing the Open Windows · Hammer to Fall · Is This the World We Created...?
1984:	I Go Crazy · Thank God It's Christmas
1985:	Blurred Vision
A Kind of Magic (1986):	One Vision · A Kind of Magic · One Year of Love · Pain Is So Close to Pleasure · Friends Will Be Friends · Who Wants to Live Forever · Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme) · Don't Lose Your Head · Princes of the Universe
1986:	A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling · Forever
The Miracle (1989):	Party · Khashoggi's Ship · The Miracle · I Want It All · The Invisible Man · Breakthru · Rain Must Fall · Scandal · My Baby Does Me · Was It All Worth It · Hang On in There · Chinese Torture
1989:	Stealin' · Hijack My Heart
Innuendo (1991):	Innuendo · I'm Going Slightly Mad · Headlong · I Can't Live with You · Don't Try So Hard · Ride the Wild Wind · All God's People · These Are the Days of Our Lives · Delilah · The Hitman · Bijou · The Show Must Go On
1991:	Lost Opportunity · Mad the Swine
Made in Heaven (1995):	It's a Beautiful Day · Made in Heaven · Let Me Live · Mother Love · My Life Has Been Saved · I Was Born to Love You · Heaven for Everyone · Too Much Love Will Kill You · You Don't Fool Me · A Winter's Tale · It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise) · Yeah · Track 13
1995:	Rock in Rio Blues
1997:	No-One but You
2003:	Invincible Hope · The Call · Amandla
Return of the Champions (2005,	met Paul Rodgers): Reaching Out · Wishing Well · Feel Like Makin' Love · Let There Be Drums · Can't Get Enough · All Right Now
The Cosmos Rocks (2008,	met Paul Rodgers): Cosmos Rockin' · Time to Shine · Still Burnin' · Small · Warboys · We Believe · Call Me · Voodoo · Some Things That Glitter · C-lebrity · Through the Night · Say It's Not True · Surf's Up... School's Out! · Small Reprise · Runaway
2011:	Feelings, Feelings
Queen Forever (2014):	Let Me in Your Heart Again · Love Kills - The Ballad · There Must Be More to Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
The Miracle (Collector's Edition) (2022):	When Love Breaks Up · You Know You Belong to Me · I Guess We're Falling Out · Dog with a Bone · Water · Face It Alone