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We Are Your Friends (song)


FieldValue
nameWe Are Your Friends
coverJustice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends single cover.png
typesingle
artistJustice vs. Simian
released
genreElectro house, Synth-pop
length
label{{flat list
writer{{flat list
producerJustice
chronologyJustice single
prev_titleWaters of Nazareth
prev_year2005
next_titleD.A.N.C.E.
next_year2007
  • 10
  • Virgin
  • Simian
  • Xavier de Rosnay
  • Gaspard Augé

"We Are Your Friends" is a song credited to Justice vs. Simian, and is French duo Justice's remix of the track "Never Be Alone" by Simian. It was released as a single in 2006. It reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song's music video won the 2006 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video. The presentation of the award was interrupted by Kanye West.

The 2015 film We Are Your Friends took its title from the song.

It is also the current theme tune for the popular Greek television programme Or to alpha or to beta everybody goes for Marmita, with the performance artist being Kostis Raptopoulos.

The music video was the last to be played on the British music channel MTV Dance before it was replaced by Club MTV on 23 May 2018.

The track was mashed up with "Illmerica" (by Wolfgang Gartner) to form the track "Illmerica Are Your Friends" by Australian DJ Steve Camp; the song became popular after it was played as the opening track on episode 186 of Tiësto's radio show Club Life in 2010.

In 2023, the song was reworked by Dimitri Vegas and Steve Aoki under the title "Friends".

From september 2025 the song is used by Lidl france as theme song of their new campaign "ça vaut le coup"

Remixes

  • "We Are Your Friends" (Two Lanes Remix)
  • "We Are Your Friends" (K?d Remix)
  • "Illmerica Are Your Friends" (Steve Camp Mashup).

References

References

  1. Bradley, Larry. (November 4, 2014). "The Alternative Jukebox". [[Cassell (publisher).
  2. "Justice vs Simian ".
  3. (3 November 2006). "Kanye Admits To Having Had A 'Sippy Sippy' (Or Two) Before EMA Rant".
  4. "Named after Justice vs. Simian's 2006 EDM banger 'We Are Your Friends'..." [https://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/new-trailer-for-zac-efron-s-edm-movie-we-are-your-/378943#P6lYDZDSky8zPXzQ.99 "New trailer for Zac Efron's EDM movie 'We Are Your Friends' released"]. [[NME. NME.COM]], 20 May 2015.Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. 1001Tracklists. "Tiësto & Denis A - Club Life 186 2010-10-22".
  6. "Justice Vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) [DL IN DESCRIPTION]".
  7. "Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup)".
  8. Lidl France. (2025-09-20). "Le meilleur chaque jour, ça vaut le coup l Lidl France".
  9. 1001Tracklists. "Tiësto & Denis A - Club Life 186 2010-10-22".
  10. "Justice Vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) [DL IN DESCRIPTION]".
  11. "Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup)".
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