For a Friend

The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton,^[1] a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.^[2] Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock writes that this cut may be Somerville's "most impassioned moment".^[1] "For a Friend" reached number 28 on the British charts.^[3]

In media

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.^[4] In 2014, the song was featured on the soundtrack to the film Pride.^[5]

Track and format listing

7" Vinyl - LON 166 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For a Friend"	4:35
2.	"Victims (Live)"	5:08

For a Friend 12" Vinyl - London LONX 166 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For a Friend"
2.	"Victims (Live)"
3.	"Don't Leave Me This Way (Live)"
4.	"Heavens Above"

For a Friend 12" Vinyl - London LONY 166 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For a Friend (Remix)"
2.	"You Are My World (Live)"
3.	"So Cold The Night (Live)"
4.	"Victims (Live)"

For a Friend 12" Vinyl Promo - London LOXDJ 166 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For a Friend"
2.	"Megamix"
3.	"Never Can Say Goodbye"
4.	"Don't Leave Me This Way"
5.	"Disenchanted"
6.	"You Are My World"
7.	"Heaven Above"
8.	"You Are My World"

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)^[6]	29
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	35
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[9]	28

Notes

1 2 Hooper 2003, pp. 221–222.
↑ Kellman, Andy. "Review: Red". Allmusic.
↑ Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 256.
↑ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - the Communards - "For a friend"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
↑ Brightmore, Dan (12 September 2014). "The Story Behind the Making of Pride – Producer and Cast Q&A". NME. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
↑ "The Communards - For A Friend" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Communards – For A Friend". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1988-03-12" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

References

Hooper, Mark (2003). Buckley, Peter, ed. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. OL 9016361W.
Kutner, Jon (28 October 2012). "For A Friend (Communards)".
Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British charts: Singles & Albums. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84449-058-5.

External links

For a Friend at AllMusic
"For a Friend" at MusicBrainz
"For a Friend" at Discogs
"Jimmy Somerville on TV-am in 1988" on YouTube

Jimmy Somerville

Studio albums

Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent (1984) Rainbow Nation (1995)

The Communards	Communards (1986) Red (1987)

Read My Lips (1989) Dare to Love (1995) Manage the Damage (1999) Home Again (2004) Suddenly Last Summer (2009) Homage (2015)

Remix albums

Bronski Beat	Hundreds & Thousands (1985)

Root Beer (2000)

Live albums

The Communards	Storm Paris (1988)

Compilations

The Communards	Heaven (1993) Het Beste Van The Communards (2005) The Platinum Collection (2006)

Best (1989) The Singles Collection 1984/1990 (1990) Master Series (1991) The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards (2001) The Essentials (2002) For a Friend: The Best of Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville (2009) Dance & Desire: Rarities & Videos (2014)

Other albums

Fine Young Cannibals (1985)
(VA) Red Hot + Blue (1990)
(OST) Orlando (1993)
Plagiarism (1997)
Another Gay Soundtrack (2006)
Clubland 10 (2006)

Extended plays

Bright Thing (2010)
Momentum (2011)

Singles

Bronski Beat	"Smalltown Boy" (1984) "Why?" (1984) "It Ain't Necessarily So" (1984) "I Feel Love" with Marc Almond (1985) "Run from Love" (1985) "Smalltown Boy ('94 Remix)" (1994) "Why? (1995 Remix)" (1995)

The Communards	"You Are My World" (1985) "Disenchanted" (1986) "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1986) "So Cold The Night" (1986) "You Are My World ('87 Remix)" (1987) "Tomorrow" (1987) "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1987) "For a Friend" (1988) "There's More to Love" (1988)

"Suspicious Minds" with Fine Young Cannibals (1986) "The Last Infanta" with Uno (1988) "Comment te dire adieu" with June Miles-Kingston (1989) "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (1990) "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (1990) "To Love Somebody" (1990) "Smalltown Boy ('91 Remix)" (1991) "Run from Love ('91 Remix)" with Claudia Brücken "Coming" (1993) "Gimme Shelter" with Voice of the Beehive (1993) "Heartbeat" (1995) "Hurt So Good" (1995) "By Your Side" (1995) "Star" with The Weather Girls (1996) "Safe" (1997) "Dark Sky" (1997) "The Number One Song in Heaven" with Sparks (1997) "Something to Live for" (1999) "Lay Down" (1999) "Why? (Almighty Mix)" (2000) "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (2001) "It's So Good" (2004) "Come On" (2004) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (2004) "You & Me" with Blue Ray (2007) "I Believe in Love (Remix)" with Arthur Baker (2011)

Other songs	"Love to Love You Baby" (1985) "Johnny Remember Me" (1985} "Lover Man" (1986) "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Band Aid II (1989) "From This Moment On" (1990) "Someday We'll Be Together" (1995) "But Not Tonight" (2004) "I Was Born This Way" (2006) "Tell Me Why" (2006)

Video albums

Bronski Beat	The First Chapter (1985)

The Communards	The Video Singles (1986) Live at Full House Rock Show (2006)

The Video Collection 1984/1990 (1990)

Filmography

Ahí Te Quiero Ver (TV series) (1987)
Looking for Langston (1989)
Orlando (1992)
Lexx: "Girltown" (TV series) (2000)

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