| "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" | ||||
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| Single by Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks | ||||
| from the album Nightwatch | ||||
| B-side | "Angelique" | |||
| Released | July 1978 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kenny Loggins Melissa Manchester | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob James | |||
| Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks singles chronology | ||||
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"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" is a song written by Kenny Loggins and Melissa Manchester, which Loggins recorded for his 1978 album Nightwatch. Issued as a single, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" reached No. 5 in the autumn of 1978.
"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" is a duet with Stevie Nicks, who, though credited on the album track, is not credited on the single, making "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'", in effect, Loggins' first major solo hit.
In the Netherlands, the pop charts TV programme TopPop invited Dutch singer Kimm Hekker to stand in as the duet singer next to Loggins, as Nicks did not come over to perform.[1] Nicks did, however, join Loggins for some live duets of the song in 1979.[2]
- ^ "Kenny Loggins & Kimm - Whenever I Call You Friend • TopPop". YouTube.
- ^ Caillat, Ken; Rojas, Hernan (2019). Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album. Guilford, Connecticut: Backbeat Books. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-4930-5983-6.