THE NUMBER ONE SONG OF 1986: Thats What Friends Are For is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. The song was a one-off collaboration headed by Dionne Warwick and featuring Gladys Knight, Elton John, and Stevie Wonder, the latter three of whom had previously reached the Hot 100s top 40 with his/her own song about part-time loving. The released as a charity single in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1985, it was recorded as a benefit for American Foundation for AIDS Research (amRAR) and has raised over US$3 million for that AIDS reasearch and treatment. The song peaked at number one for three weeks on the soul chart and for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1986[2] - becoming the final US number one for all but John - and became Billboards number one single of 1986. The song won multiple awards: Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Grammy Award for Song of the Year. LITTLE KNOWN FACT: The song was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift. klou.tt/hua9rafu5bsz
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