Just a Friend
~ Recording by Biz Markie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.1 | Just a Friend (LP version) | 4:08 | Biz Markie | Just a Friend | Biz Markie | Single |
| Cold Chillin’, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7-22784, 9 22784-7 |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:07 | The Diabolical Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps | The Diabolical Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’ | 9 26003-2 |
| 1.1 | Just a Friend (LP version) | 4:08 | Biz Markie | Just a Friend | Biz Markie | Single |
| Cold Chillin’ | 0-21342 |
| 1.1 | Just a Friend (LP version) | 4:08 | Biz Markie | Just A Friend | Biz Markie | Single |
| Cold Chillin’, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 0-21342, 9 21342-0 |
| 1.1 | Just a Friend (LP version) | 4:08 | Biz Markie | Just A Friend | Biz Markie | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Cold Chillin’ | 4-22784, 9 22784-4 |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:07 | The Diabolical Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps | The Diabolical Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’ | 1-26003 |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:07 | The Diabolical Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps | The Diabolical Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’ | WPCP-3457 |
| 1.10 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Biz’s Baddest Beats | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Cold Chillin’ | CCCD5003 |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:00 | Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps | Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’ | CCCD9009 |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:00 | Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps | Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’ | |
| 1.12 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Volume 3: The Golden Age | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72853 |
| 1.9 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | Back in tha Day | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 565 768-2 |
| 1.10 | Just a Friend | 4:00 | Biz Markie | Frosh Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 740 143-2 |
| 1.10 | Just a Friend | 4:03 | Biz Markie | The Best of Cold Chillin’ | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Cold Chillin’, Landspeed Records | LSR 8802 |
| 1.10 | Just a Friend | 4:03 | Biz Markie | The Best of Cold Chillin’ | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Cold Chillin’, Landspeed Records | LSR 8802 CD |
| 1.9 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | Greatest Hits | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Cold Chillin’, Landspeed Records | LSR 8816 |
| 1.11 | Just a Friend | 4:04 | Biz Markie | The Wackness: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 88697-31687-2 |
| 1.11 | Just a Friend | 4:04 | Biz Markie | The Wackness: Music From the Motion Picture (clean version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Sony Pictures Classics (art-house, "independent" film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment) | 88697-31686-2 |
| 1.10 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.14 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | The Sitter: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.5 | Just a Friend | 4:07 | Biz Markie | The Biz Never Sleeps (special edition) | Biz Markie | Album |
| Cold Chillin’, Traffic Entertainment Group (2002–) | TEG-77516-2 |
| 3.2 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Hip-Hop: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 825646337798 |
| 1.14 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Hip Hop Fundamentals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.23 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Sound of the 90’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 2.1 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Hip-Hop History: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295908683 |
| 2.8 | Just a Friend | 3:59 | Biz Markie | Greatest Ever One Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD125 |
| 1.38 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Smash Hits Car‐aoke | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 1.32 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Smash Hits Car‐aoke | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.59 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest Pop Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.41 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest Best Songs Ever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.34 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest Guilty Pleasures: Cheesy Pop Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.29 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest: One Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.95 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest Throwback Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.7 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Happy Times | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.14 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | 100 Greatest Rap | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.28 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | This is the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 5.4 | Just a Friend | 4:01 | Biz Markie | Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) | SFW CD 40230 |
| 1.38 | Just a Friend | 3:58 | Biz Markie | Why - We Love the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 2.5 | Just a Friend | 4:05 | The Diabolical Biz Markie | The Best of Cold Chillin’ | Biz Markie | Album + Compilation |
| Landspeed Records | LSR 8808 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| YTMND | |
| 1.7 | Just a Friend | 4:02 | Biz Markie | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 2 (Remastered) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| YTMND | |
Relationships
| engineer: | Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez |
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| co-producer: | Cutmaster Cool V (hip hop DJ Vaughan Lee) |
| producer and mixer: | The Diabolical Biz Markie |
| sampled by: | Daily by TQ (US R&B singer) Daily (instrumental) by TQ (US R&B singer) |
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| part of: | Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 477) (order: 477) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 480) (order: 480) |
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| recording of: | Just a Friend |
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Related works
Just a Friend
| lyricist: | Joe Flizzow Leaflizard Malique Biz Markie |
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| composer: | Biz Markie |
| is the basis for: | Ecstasy, You Got What I Need Just a Friend 2002 |
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| music quoted in: | Daily |
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