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词条 For a Friend
释义

  1. In media

  2. Track and format listing

  3. Chart performance

     Weekly charts 

  4. Notes

  5. References

  6. External links

{{About|The Communards song|the 1940 Czech film|For a Friend (film)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}{{Infobox song
| name = For a Friend
| cover = The-Communards-For-a-Friend.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Communards
| album = Red
| B-side = "Victims (Live)" (7")
| released = 1988 (International release)
| format = Vinyl record (7" 45) (12" single) CD Maxi Single
| recorded = 1987
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop, ballad
| length = 4:39 (CD single)
| label = London Records (UK) / Metronome (Germany)
| writer = Richard Coles, Jimmy Somerville
| producer = Stephen Hague
| prev_title = Never Can Say Goodbye
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = There's More to Love
| next_year = 1988
}}

"For a Friend" is a single from the British pop duo The Communards and appeared on their 1987 album Red.

The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton,{{sfn|Hooper|2003|pp=221–222}} a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.[1] Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock writes that this cut may be Somerville's "most impassioned moment".{{sfn|Hooper|2003|pp=221–222}} "For a Friend" reached number 28 on the British charts.{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=256}}

In media

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[2]

In 2014, the song was featured on the soundtrack to the film Pride.[3]. It was also one of the songs played at Burberry’s February 2018 show, presented on 17 February at the Dimco Buildings in West London, marking Christopher Bailey’s final outing for the brand.[4]

Track and format listing

{{Track listing
|
|headline = 7" Vinyl - LON 166 (UK)
|title1 = For a Friend
|length1 = 4:35
|title2 = Victims (Live)
|length2 = 5:08
}}{{Track listing
|
|headline=For a Friend 12" Vinyl - London LONX 166 (UK)
|title1=For a Friend
|length1=
|title2=Victims (Live)
|length2=
|title3=Don't Leave Me This Way (Live)
|length3=
|title4=Heavens Above
|length4=
}}{{Track listing
|
|headline=For a Friend 12" Vinyl - London LONY 166 (UK)
|title1=For a Friend (Remix)
|length1=
|title2=You Are My World (Live)
|length2=
|title3=So Cold The Night (Live)
|length3=
|title4=Victims (Live)
|length4=
}}{{Track listing
|
|headline=For a Friend 12" Vinyl Promo - London LOXDJ 166 (UK)
|title1=For a Friend
|length1=
|title2=Megamix
|length2=
|title3=Never Can Say Goodbye
|length3=
|title4=Don't Leave Me This Way
|length4=
|title5=Disenchanted
|length5=
|title6=You Are My World
|length6=
|title7=Heaven Above
|length7=
|title8=You Are My World
|length8=
}}

Chart performance

Weekly charts

{{Single chart|UK|28|date=1988-03-12|accessdate=8 November 2014}}{{Single chart|West Germany|35|artist=The Communards|song=For A Friend|songid=22294|accessdate=18 February 2019}}
ChartPeak
position
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5]29
Ireland (IRMA)[6]12

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Review: Red|publisher=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/red-r4400/review}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=6380|title=mvdbase.com - the Communards - "For a friend"|work=Music Video DataBase|last=Garcia|first=Alex S|accessdate=1 November 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/the-movies-blog/the-story-behind-the-making-of-pride-producer-and-cast-qa|title=The Story Behind the Making of Pride – Producer and Cast Q&A|last=Brightmore|first=Dan|date=12 September 2014|work=NME|accessdate=9 November 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Laura|first1=Hawkins|title=United Visual Artists lights up Christopher Bailey’s final Burberry show |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/christopher-bailey-final-burberry-show-united-visual-artists#rSl1lqgoh888SkdF.99|work=Wallpaper*|accessdate=18 February 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/5716/The-Communards-For-A-Friend|title=The Communards - For A Friend|publisher=Top 30|accessdate=8 November 2014|language=nl}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know|publisher=Irishcharts.ie|accessdate=8 November 2014|df=dmy}}

References

  • {{cite book|last=Hooper|first=Mark|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|editor=Buckley, Peter|year=2003|edition=3rd|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT228|OL=9016361W|ref=harv}}
  • {{cite web|last=Kutner|first=Jon|title=For A Friend (Communards)|date=28 October 2012|url=http://www.jonkutner.com/for-a-friend/|ref=harv}}
  • {{cite book|last=Warwick|first=Neil|last2=Kutner|first2=Jon|last3=Brown|first3=Tony|title=The Complete Book of the British charts: Singles & Albums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ib4MyAIpe3MC&pg=PT213|year=2004|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-1-84449-058-5|ref=harv}}

External links

  • {{AllMusic|song|for-a-friend-mt0027168293|For a Friend}}
  • {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=b3d4f2df-f990-4fef-b081-3bca9bd3f97a|name=For a Friend|type=single}}
  • {{Discogs release|942084|For a Friend|type=single}}
  • {{YouTube|dfwBOfV1aUg|"Jimmy Somerville on TV-am in 1988"}}
{{The Communards}}

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