You've Got a Friend in Me

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"You've Got a Friend in Me"
Cover for the duet version
Single by Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett
from the album Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released	April 12, 1996[1]
Recorded	1995
Genre	Country pop
Length	2:04 2:42 (duet version)
Label	Walt Disney
Songwriter(s)	Randy Newman
Producer(s)	Randy Newman Don Was (duet version)
Randy Newman singles chronology
"It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" (1988) "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1996) "We Belong Together" (2010)
Lyle Lovett singles chronology
"Don't Touch My Hat" (1996) "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995) "Private Conversation" (1997)

"You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the main theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole Toy Story franchise. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Like many other Disney theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the first three Toy Story films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in Toy Story; a diagetic instance by Tom Hanks, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in Toy Story 2, and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in Toy Story 3.