Andrew Gold's 'Thank You For Being a Friend' Is the Best Song Ever About Giving Thanks

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Andrew Gold's 'Thank You For Being a Friend' Is the Best Song Ever About Giving Thanks
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In honor of it being Thanksgiving, we're taking a look at the song from pop history most unafraid of doing just that

In honor of it being Thanksgiving, we look at the song from pop history most unafraid of doing just that.

The former was the bigger hit and by most measures, the superior song. A sparkling and sneakily bombastic mini-epic about the endlessly perpetuated cycle of young male entitlement, "Lonely Boy" is an absolutely masterful piece of pop-rock storytelling, with incisive and emotional lyrics, perfectly orchestrated production and instrumentation and an all-time knockout chorus. It's one of the best radio hits of that decade.

The song's famous "If you threw a party..." section -- either its refrain or its bridge, depending on what angle you look at "Friend" from -- continues with this open-hearted, off-kilter sentimentality. "If you threw a party, invited everyone you knew/ You would see the biggest gift would be from me/ And the card attached would say, 'Thank you for being a friend.

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