As Your Friend

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"As Your Friend"
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Single by Afrojack featuring Chris Brown
from the album Forget the World
Released13 February 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:00
Label Wall Recordings
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Afrojack
  • Leroy Styles (co.)
  • DJ Buddha (co.)
  • Polow da Don (co.)
Afrojack singles chronology
"Rock the House"
(2012)
"As Your Friend"
(2013)
"The Spark"
(2013)
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Ready"
(2013)
"As Your Friend"
(2013)
"Fine China"
(2013)
Digital download – single
No.TitleLength
1."As Your Friend" (featuring Chris Brown)4:00
Digital download – The Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."As Your Friend" (Leroy Styles Remix)5:56
2."As Your Friend" (Sidney Samson Remix)5:07
3."As Your Friend" (Danny Howard Remix)5:22
4."As Your Friend" (Nause Remix)5:36
5."As Your Friend" (Bobby Burns Remix)5:58
6."As Your Friend" (D-Wayne Remix)5:53

Chart performance

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States14 March 2013 [26] Digital download – single
  • Wall Recordings
  • Def Jam Recordings
  • Island Records UK
  • PM:AM Recordings
United Kingdom22 March 2013 [27]
11 June 2013 [28] Digital download – The Remixes
United States14 June 2013 [29]

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