Friends is an album by Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

, her seventh for the Arista label, produced by Clive Davis

Clive Davis

Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...

. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200

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album chart in March 1, 1986. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 28th Grammy Awards.

The album yielded the single "That's What Friends Are For

That's What Friends Are For

"That's What Friends Are For" is a 1982 song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager and introduced by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift.-Dionne Warwick cover:...

", which became a massive chart success, peaking at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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.

"On My Own", a song recorded by Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...

 and Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

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, was originally written for Warwick (as the writers are Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach

Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

 and Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...

). She recorded the song to be released on this album. However, it wasn't included in the final track list. It was later released by the above mentioned singers and it turned out to be a hit. Warwick did sing the song live at a several occasions.

Track listing

1. "That's What Friends Are For
   That's What Friends Are For
   "That's What Friends Are For" is a 1982 song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager and introduced by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift.-Dionne Warwick cover:...
   
   " (featuring Elton John
   Elton John
   Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
   
   , Gladys Knight
   Gladys Knight
   Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
   
    and Stevie Wonder
   Stevie Wonder
   Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
   
   ) (Burt Bacharach
   Burt Bacharach
   Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
   
   , Carole Bayer-Sager) 4:14
2. "Whisper in the Dark" (Edgar Bronfman Jr., Bruce Roberts) 4:31
3. "Remember Your Heart" (Don Navarro, David P. Bryant) 3:41
4. "Love at Second Sight" (David Foster
   David Foster
   David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
   
   , Paul Gordon) 4:39
5. "Moments Aren't Moments" (Stevie Wonder
   Stevie Wonder
   Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
   
   ) 4:32
6. "Stronger Than Before" (Bacharach, Bayer-Sager, Roberts) 3:23
7. "Stay Devoted" (Bacharach, Bayer-Sager) 3:32
8. "No One There (To Sing Me a Love Song)" (Walter Afanasieff
   Walter Afanasieff
   Walter Afanasieff is a multiple Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his long association with Mariah Carey, for whom he was producer and co-writer for several years, beginning in 1990...
   
   , Narada Michael Walden
   Narada Michael Walden
   Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
   
   , Preston Glass, Randy Jackson) 4:26
9. "How Long?" (Bacharach, Bayer-Sager) 4:07
10. "Extravagant Gestures" (Bacharach, Bayer-Sager) 4:52