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{{short description|2000 song by Sting}}

{{unreferenced|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox song

|Name name = My Funny Friend and Me

|Cover cover =

|Alt alt =

| type = single

|Caption =

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

|Released = November 14, 2000▼

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

▲|Artist = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]

▲|Released released = November 14, 2000

|Album = [[The Emperor's New Groove]]

|Format format =

| recorded = Summer 2000

|Recorded =

| studio = [[Westlake Recording Studios]] and Flyte Tyme Studios

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

|Length venue = 4:38

|Label genre = [[WaltPop Disneymusic|Pop]], Records[[Contemporary R&B|WaltR&B]], [[blue-eyed Disneysoul]], [[A&MGospel Recordsmusic|A&Mgospel]]

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

|prev = Perfect World▼

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

|prev_no = 1

▲|prev prev_title = "Perfect World"

|track_no = 2

| prev_year =

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

|next_no = 3

| 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==

When ''The Emperor's New Groove'', originally titled ''Kingdom of the Sun'', began development in 1994, Sting was hired to write the film's songs.

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!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

!scope="col"|Peak<br>position

|-

{{singlechart|Switzerland|91|artist=Sting|song=My Funny Friend And Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 October 2014}}

|-

{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|24|artist=Sting|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 October 2014}}

|}

==Personnel==

The song received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] in 2001.

*Produced and arranged by [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]

*Co-produced by "Big Jim" Wright

*Vocals recorded by Dave Rideau (assisted by Pablo Munguia) at [[Westlake Recording Studios|Westlake Audio]]

*Track and background vocals recorded and mixed by Steve Hodge (assisted by Brad Yost and Xavier Smith) at Flyte Tyme Studios, [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina, MN]]

*Background vocals: Terry Lewis, Big Jim, Tony Tolbert and James Grear

*Guitar: Dave Barry

*Drum programming: Alex Richbourg

*Additional instruments: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

==References==

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[[Category:The Emperor's New Groove]]

[[Category:Songs about friendship]]

[[Category:2000s ballads]]

[[Category:2000 singles]]

[[Category:2000 songs]]

[[Category:Sting (musician) songs]]

[[Category:Disney songs]]

[[Category:Songs fromwritten for animated films]]

[[Category:Pop ballads]]

[[Category:Songs written by Sting (musician)]]

[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]

[[Category:Walt Disney Records singles]]

[[Category:A&M Records singles]]

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