Friend of Mine (Treble Charger song)

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"Friend of Mine"
Treble Charger - Friend of Mine single cover.jpg
Single by Treble Charger
from the album Maybe It's Me
ReleasedMay 1997
Recorded Fort Apache Studios, Boston
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:46
Songwriter(s) Treble Charger
Producer(s) Lou Giordano
Treble Charger singles chronology
"Morale"
(1996)
"Friend of Mine"
(1997)
"How She Died"
(1997)

"Friend of Mine" is a song by Canadian alternative rock band Treble Charger. It was released in May 1997 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Maybe It's Me . The song was used by ESPN as the theme music for the 1997 X Games Wakeboarding Championship. [1]

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Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [2] 41
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 [3] 9

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References

  1. "ESPN picks up Treble Charger song". Jam! . Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-02.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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