"Anytime You Need a Friend"
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Music Box
B-side(s)	"Music Box"
Released	May 27, 1994 (U.S.)
Format	CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, cassette maxi single, 7" single, 12" single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	4:26
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff
Producer(s)	Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Peak chart positions
#1 (Israel) #8 (UK) #12 (U.S.)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Without You"/"Never Forget You" (1994) "Anytime You Need a Friend" (1994) "Endless Love" (1994) Music Box track listing "Hero" (2) "Anytime You Need a Friend" (3) "Music Box" (4) Greatest Hits (CD #1) track listing "Without You" (11) "Anytime You Need a Friend" (12) "Endless Love" (13) The Remixes (CD #1) track listing "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) (Fly Away Club Mix)" (3) "Anytime You Need a Friend (C&C Club Version)" (4) "Fantasy (Morales Sweet Club Mix)" (5)

"Anytime You Need a Friend" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded for Carey's fourth album Music Box (1993). It is a gospel-tinged ballad whose protagonist informs a friend that anytime they need a friend she will be there. It was released as the album's fourth and final single in the second quarter of 1994 (see 1994 in music). Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Commercial release

All of Carey's previous singles had been top five hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but "Anytime You Need a Friend" ended this streak and peaked at number twelve, remaining in the top forty for eighteen weeks. Despite this, it was popular on the radio and was ranked number forty-seven on the Hot 100 1994 year-end charts, giving Carey three singles in the top half of the chart. It was her least successful single to date on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and did not make the top twenty, but it reached the top five of the Adult Contemporary chart, and a remix of the song became Carey's fourth number-one single on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... The Adult Contemporary chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles) lists the most popular songs weekly calculated by airplay and occasionally sales. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...

The single performed moderately elsewhere following the massive success of "Without You", peaking in the top twenty in most countries. It was most successful in the United Kingdom where it made the top ten, becoming the second consecutive single by Carey to be more successful in the UK than the U.S. The single's video, directed by Danielle Federici, features Carey walking along the streets and among a choir. Shot in black and white, it is intercut with scenes of depressed people whom Carey comes to befriend. Without You is a song originally recorded by Badfinger for their album No Dice (1970), and written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans and produced by Geoff Emerick. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Danielle Federici is a music video director. ...

"Anytime You Need a Friend" was remixed by David Cole and Robert Clivillés of the C+C Music Factory. Although over fifteen various edits and extended mixes were created, for the most part they are based on the "C+C Club" mix. Other variations, extended mixes, and edits include but are not limited to the "All That and More" mix, "Dave's Empty Pass" mix, and the "Boriqua Tribe" mix. Corey Rooney and Mark Morales created a Soul Convention and a stringapella for the song. Because of the large number of remixes, two maxi singles were released in the U.S. Carey was given co-producing credit for both the C&C mixes and the Soul Convention/Stringapella, the first time that she had been given producing credit on remixes of her songs. Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... C&C Music Factory consisted of producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole. ... C+C Music Factory was a dance/pop music group distinguished for having seven #1 Dance/Club Play hits in the early to mid 1990s, as well as several pop crossover hits, one of which Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) reached #1 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles... Stringapella is a genre of music that is mostly focused on music without most instrumental accompaniment and a focus on vocals and string arrangements. ... A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ...

A video was commissioned for the C+C Club mix of the song. Known as the "C+C Video Edit", it was also directed by Danielle Federici and serves as a behind the scenes addendum to the main music video. It is filmed in black and white, and is composed of clips of Carey and her friends goofing around and having fun.

Track listings

• U.S. CD single (cassette single/7" single)
  1. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (album version)
  2. "Music Box" (album version)

• U.S. CD maxi single 1
  1. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (C+C Club version)
  2. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (Ministry of Sound mix)
  3. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (Dave’s Empty Pass)
  4. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (7" mix)

• U.S. CD maxi single 2
  1. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (Soul Convention remix)
  2. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (Stringapella)
  3. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (album version)
  4. "Music Box" (album version)

Charts