My Funny Friend and Me: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{short description|2000 song by Sting}}

{{Infobox song

| name = My Funny Friend and Me

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]

| album = [[The Emperor's New Groove (soundtrack)|The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack]]

| released = November 14, 2000

| format =

| recorded = Summer 2000
| atstudio = [[Westlake Recording Studios]] and Flyte Tyme Studios

| studiovenue =

| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[blue-eyed soul]], [[Gospel music|gospel]]▼

| venue =▼

| length = 4:38▼

▲| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[R&B]], [[blue-eyed soul]], [[Gospel music|gospel]]

| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]], [[A&M Records|A&M]]▼

▲| length = 4:38

| writer = Sting, [[David Hartley (musician)|David Hartley]]▼

▲| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]], [[A&M Records|A&M]]

| producer = [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]<br />co-produced by James "Big Jim" Wright▼

▲| writer = Sting, [[David Hartley (musician)|David Hartley]]

| prev_title = "Perfect World"▼

▲| producer = [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]<br />co-produced by James "Big Jim" Wright

▲| venue prev_year =

▲| prev_title = "Perfect World"

| next_title = "Snuff Out the Light (Yzma's Song)"▼

| prev_year =

| next_year = ▼

▲| next_title = "Snuff Out the Light (Yzma's Song)"

▲| next_year =

}}

'''"My Funny Friend and Me"''' is a song by English musician [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]. It was written by Sting and [[David Hartley (musician)|David Hartley]] for [[Walt Disney Pictures]]' 40th animated feature film ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]''. When the film began development in 1994 under the title ''Kingdom of the Sun'', Sting was hired to write the film's songs. Released in November 2000, the track reached 24 on the American ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary Singles chart]], and was nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] in 2001.<ref name =oscar>{{cite magazine| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dylan-wins-oscar-20010326| title = Dylan wins Oscar| author = Dansby, Andrew| date = March 26, 2001| access-date = November 28, 2016| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

==Charts==