Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

For a Friend

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
B-side
  
"Victims (Live)" (7")

Genre
  
Pop, ballad

Recorded
  
1987

Length
  
4:39 (CD single)

Released
  
1988 (International release)

Format
  
Vinyl record (7" 45) (12" single) CD Maxi Single

"For a Friend" is a single from the British pop duo The Communards and appeared on their 1987 album Red.

The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton, a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles. Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock writes that this cut may be Somerville's "most impassioned moment". "For a Friend" reached number 28 on the British charts.

In media

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. In 2014, the song was featured on the soundtrack to the film Pride.

References

For a Friend Wikipedia