We Are Your Friends (song)

For other uses, see We Are Your Friends.

"We Are Your Friends"
Single by Justice vs. Simian
Released3 July 2006 (2006-07-03)
Genre
Length4:18
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Simian
  • Xavier de Rosnay
  • Gaspard Augé
Producer(s)Justice
Justice single singles chronology
"Waters of Nazareth"
(2005) 		"We Are Your Friends"
(2006) 		"D.A.N.C.E."
(2007)

"We Are Your Friends" is a song credited to Justice vs. Simian, and is French duo Justice's remix of the track "Never Be Alone" by Simian. It was released as a single in 2006. It reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]

The song's music video won the 2006 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video. The presentation of the award was interrupted by Kanye West.[3]

The 2015 film We Are Your Friends took its title from the song.[4]

It is also the current theme tune for the popular Greek television programme Or to alpha or to beta everybody goes for Marmita, with the performance artist being Kostis Raptopoulos.[citation needed]

The music video was the last to be played on the British music channel MTV Dance before it was replaced by Club MTV on 23 May 2018.

The track was mashed up with "Illmerica" (by Wolfgang Gartner) to form the track "Illmerica Are Your Friends" by Australian DJ Steve Camp; the song became popular after it was played as the opening track on episode 186 of Tiësto's radio show Club Life in 2010.[5][6][7]

In 2023, the song was reworked by Dimitri Vegas and Steve Aoki under the title "Friends".

Remixes

  • "We Are Your Friends" (Two Lanes Remix)
  • "We Are Your Friends" (K?d Remix)
  • "Illmerica Are Your Friends" (Steve Camp Mashup).[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Bradley, Larry (4 November 2014). "The 2000s: Justice vs Simian - "We Are Your Friends". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
  2. ^ "Justice vs Simian | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Gil (3 November 2006). "Kanye Admits To Having Had A 'Sippy Sippy' (Or Two) Before EMA Rant". MTV. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Named after Justice vs. Simian's 2006 EDM banger 'We Are Your Friends'..." "New trailer for Zac Efron's EDM movie 'We Are Your Friends' released". NME.COM, 20 May 2015.Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ^ 1001Tracklists. "Tiësto & Denis A - Club Life 186 2010-10-22". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 29 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Justice Vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) [DL IN DESCRIPTION], retrieved 29 August 2022
  7. ^ Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup), retrieved 29 August 2022
  8. ^ 1001Tracklists. "Tiësto & Denis A - Club Life 186 2010-10-22". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 29 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Justice Vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) [DL IN DESCRIPTION], retrieved 29 August 2022
  10. ^ Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup), retrieved 29 August 2022