One Friend
title: "One Friend" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1984-songs", "1987-singles", "dan-seals-songs", "songs-written-by-dan-seals", "song-recordings-produced-by-kyle-lehning", "capitol-records-nashville-singles", "country-ballads"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Friend" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | One Friend |
| type | single |
| artist | Dan Seals |
| album | The Best |
| B-side | "Bop" |
| released | September 1987 |
| genre | Country |
| length | 3:13 |
| label | Capitol |
| writer | Dan Seals |
| producer | Kyle Lehning |
| prev_title | Three Time Loser |
| prev_year | 1987 |
| next_title | Addicted |
| next_year | 1988 |
| :: |
| name = One Friend | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Dan Seals | album = The Best | B-side = "Bop" | released = September 1987 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:13 | label = Capitol | writer = Dan Seals | producer = Kyle Lehning | prev_title = Three Time Loser | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Addicted | next_year = 1988 "One Friend" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals for his 1984 album San Antone, and this version was the B-side to that album's single "(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me". In 1987, Seals re-recorded the song and, in September 1987, released it as the first and only single from his compilation album The Best. It peaked at number one on the country charts, becoming his seventh straight number-one single.
Music video
Seals re-recorded "One Friend" again for his 1995 acoustic album, In a Quiet Room, and a music video was filmed for that version the following year. It was directed by Tom Bevins, and it shows Seals singing and performing the song on his guitar while sitting by a bonfire. It was the last music video of Seals' career.
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1987–1988) | Peak position | |---|---| | Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (1988) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 46 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 99 |
| :: |
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
- (December 24, 1988). "Top 100 Country Singles of '88". RPM.
- "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988".
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