What About Your Friends

"What About Your Friends"
Single by TLC
from the album 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"
(1992)		 "Hat 2 da Back"
(1992)
Music video
"What About Your Friends" on YouTube

"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.

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^

^shipments 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
United Kingdom October 12, 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Japan November 21, 1992 Mini-CD

References

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  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
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  5. ↑ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. December 5, 1992. p. 20. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  17. ↑ "1992 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
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  20. 1 2 "American single certifications – TLC – What About Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  21. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. October 10, 1992. p. 23.
  22. ↑ "ホワット・アバウト・ユア・フレンズ | TLC" [What About Your Friends | TLC] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2023.