You and Your Friend
"'You and Your Friend" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits and is the sixth track from the 1991 rock album On Every Street.
| "You and Your Friend" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Dire Straits | |
| Genre | Roots rock, soft rock |
| Length | 5:59 |
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Knopfler |
Release
changeThe song was the fifth song to be released as a single. It was the final single overall released by the band. The single was only released in France and Germany.
Related interview
changeMark Knopfler told in interview for "Musician": "I just liked the line. About the time we recorded the first record I had a song called "Me and My Friends." It was a Southern boogie thing about playing in the band. I never recorded it because it never really... "You and Your Friend" just has that thing. I like keeping it open for people to use in a way that they want. If you make it specific you spoil it. The song could be just a solitary cry for some kind of support — are you going to come around to my way of thinking? It could be sexual. One of the guys saw it as a complicated love triangle. It could be anything. But in fact that came from just the resonance of "You and Your Friend" instead of "Me and My Friends"."
