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What About Your Friends

"What About Your Friends" is a song by TLC. It is the third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. This made it the group's third consecutive top-ten single.

"What About Your Friends"
Single by TLC
from Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip"
ReleasedAugust 21, 1992 (1992-08-21)
Genre
Length
  • 4:55 (album version)
  • 4:00 (radio edit without rap)
  • 4:06 (radio edit with rap)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dallas Austin
TLC singles chronology
""Baby-Baby-Baby"
(1992) 		What About Your Friends ""Hat 2 da Back"
(1992)
"What About Your Friends" at YouTube

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 79
Illegal chart entered Canadatopsingles 44
Illegal chart entered Canadadance 4
Europe (European Dance Radio)[3] 20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[4] 8
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[5] 58
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 19
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[7] 59
UK Dance (Music Week)[8] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 7
Illegal chart entered Billboarddancesales 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 2
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[11] 18
US Rhythmic Songs (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 88
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 67
Chart (1993) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 62
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[16] 72

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[17] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States August 21, 1992
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 LaFace [18]
United Kingdom October 12, 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[19]
Japan November 21, 1992 Mini-CD [20]

References

  1. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (October 20, 2013). "TLC – 20". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Template:Cite Ryan
  3. ↑ "European Dance Radio". Music & Media: 20. December 5, 1992. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-12-05.pdf. Retrieved November 1, 2021. 
  4. ↑ "(28 november 1992)" (in Nederlands). top40.nl. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – TLC – WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  6. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – TLC – WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "TLC: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
  8. ↑ "Top 60 Dance Singles". Music Week: 22. October 24, 1992. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-10-24.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2020. 
  9. ↑ "Illegal name entered TLC/TLC/chart?f=379 TLC Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for TLC. Prometheus Global Media.
  10. ↑ "Illegal name entered TLC/TLC/chart?f=367 TLC Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for TLC. Prometheus Global Media.
  11. ↑ "Illegal name entered TLC/TLC/chart?f=381 TLC Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for TLC. Prometheus Global Media.
  12. ↑ "Illegal name entered TLC/TLC/chart?f=378 TLC Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for TLC. Prometheus Global Media.
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  14. ↑ "1992 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  16. ↑ "1993 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  17. ↑ "American single certifications – TLC – What About Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named riaa.
  19. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week: 23. October 10, 1992. 
  20. ↑ "ホワット・アバウト・ユア・フレンズ | TLC" [What About Your Friends | TLC] (in 日本語). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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