You're Supposed to Be My Friend

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"You're Supposed to Be My Friend"
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Single by 1990s
from the album Cookies
ReleasedOctober 30, 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length3:38
1990s singles chronology
"You Made Me Like It"
(2006)
"You're Supposed to Be My Friend"
(2006)
"See You At The Lights"
(2007)

"You're Supposed to Be My Friend" is the second single released from the Cookies album by the Scottish indie rock band 1990s. It was released on October 30, 2006. [1]

Contents

Music video

The video features Jackie and the other band members getting beaten up by screaming female fans, leaving them bleeding.

Track listings

  1. "You're Supposed to Be My Friend"
  2. "Jingle Bells"
  3. "You're Supposed to Be My Friend" (Music video)

This song is played in the 2010 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid . It was also played at the start of "Hell Hath No Fury", the fourth episode in the first series of Castle) .

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References

  1. 1990s - You're Supposed To Be My Friend, 2006-11-20, retrieved 2025-01-24