| "My Best Friend" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Jefferson Airplane | |
| from the album Surrealistic Pillow | |
| Released | January 1967 |
| Recorded | November 4, 1966[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | Skip Spence |
| Producer(s) | Rick Jarrard |
"My Best Friend" is a song by the Jefferson Airplane. It was written by the band's former drummer Skip Spence. The song appeared on the band's second album, Surrealistic Pillow and was released as a single.
By the time the album was recorded, Spence had left Jefferson Airplane to join Moby Grape. Joe Viglione of Allmusic praised the song as "a beautiful blend of original Jefferson Starship sound with a harmony-ragged Mamas & The Papas meets Spanky & Our Gang's loose folk vaudeville."[2] George Starostin praised it as a slow "catchy pop song."[5] Rolling Stone called it a "country charmer."[4] Doug Collette of Glide Magazine compared the song to tracks on the debut album Jefferson Airplane Takes Off and noted it as "polite, sweet harmony-laden."[6]
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (2003). Surrealistic Pillow (Liner notes). Jefferson Airplane. BMG Heritage. 82876 50351 2.
- ^ a b Viglione, Joe. "My Best Friend by Jefferson Airplane - Track Info - AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Masley, Ed (May 30, 2017). "Sgt. Pepper and beyond: A look back at 20 great albums released in 1967". azcentral. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
...to the wistful folk-pop charms of "My Best Friend"...
- ^ a b "Surrealistic Pillow". Rolling Stone. August 27, 1987. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Starostin, George. "Surrealistic Pillow". Only Solitaire. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Collette, Doug (February 1, 2022). "55 Years Later: Revisiting Jefferson Airplane's Counter-Culture Rock Statement 'Surrealistic Pillow'". Glide Magazine. Retrieved February 25, 2022.