What About Your Friends

"What About Your Friends"
Single by TLC
from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
Released	August 21, 1992 (1992-08-21)
Genre	New jack swing R&B[1]
Length	4:55 (album version) 4:00 (radio edit without rap) 4:06 (radio edit with rap)
Label	LaFace Arista
Songwriter(s)	Dallas Austin Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
TLC singles chronology
"Baby-Baby-Baby" (1992) "What About Your Friends" (1992) "Hat 2 da Back" (1992)
Music video
"What About Your Friends" on YouTube

"What About Your Friends" is a song by TLC. It is the third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. This made it the group's third consecutive top-ten single.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992–1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 79 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 44 Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[4] 4 Europe (European Dance Radio)[5] 20 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[6] 8 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 58 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 19 UK Singles (OCC)[9] 59 UK Dance (Music Week)[10] 33 US Billboard Hot 100[11] 7 US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[12] 5 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] 2 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[14] 18 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[15] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Billboard Hot 100[16] 88 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[17] 67 Chart (1993) Position US Billboard Hot 100[18] 62 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 72

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	August 21, 1992	12-inch vinyl CD cassette	LaFace	[20]
United Kingdom	October 12, 1992	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl CD cassette	LaFace Arista	[21]
Japan	November 21, 1992	Mini-CD		[22]

References

1. Cinquemani, Sal (October 20, 2013). "TLC – 20". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
3. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1883." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
4. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 1820." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
5. "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. December 5, 1992. p. 20. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
6. "(28 november 1992)" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
7. "TLC – WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
8. "TLC – WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
9. "TLC: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
10. "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. October 24, 1992. p. 22. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
11. "TLC Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
12. "TLC Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
13. "TLC Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
14. "TLC Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
15. "TLC Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
16. "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
17. "1992 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
18. "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
19. "1993 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Retrieved January 27, 2012.
20. "American single certifications – TLC – What About Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
21. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. October 10, 1992. p. 23.
22. "ホワット・アバウト・ユア・フレンズ | TLC" [What About Your Friends | TLC] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2023.