Dionne Warwick ft Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight – That’s What Friends Are For

“That’s What Friends Are For” is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager.

It was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift, but it is better known for the 1985 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder. This recording, billed as being by “Dionne Warwick & Friends”, was released as a charity single for AIDS research and prevention. It was a massive hit, becoming the number-one single of 1986 in the United States, and winning the Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Song of the Year. It raised over $3 million for its cause.

A one-off collaboration headed by Dionne Warwick and featuring Gladys Knight, Elton John, and Stevie Wonder, with a different second verse, was released as a charity single in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1985.

The Dionne and Friends version of the song won the performers the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, as well as Song of the Year for its writers, Bacharach and Bayer Sager. This rendition is also listed at number 75 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of all time

Dionne Warwick – vocals
Elton John – vocals, piano
Gladys Knight – vocals
Stevie Wonder – vocals, harmonica
Freddie Washington – bass
John Robinson – drums
Carlos Vega – drums
Michael Landau – guitar
Randy Kerber – keyboards
David Foster – synthesizer
Paulinho da Costa – percussion

“That’s What Friends Are For” este un cintec compus de Burt Bacharach si Carole Bayer Sager. A fost inregistrat pentru prima data in 1982 de Rod Stewart pentru coloana sonora a filmului Night Shift, dar este mult mai bine cunoscuta versiunea cover din 1985 cu Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder.

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