Slade: "That's What Friends Are For" Single (1987)

Slade’s "That's What Friends Are For" backed with "Wild Wild Party", was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK by RCA (catalog number PB 41417) on April 20, 1987.

The second single from their fourteenth and final studio album, You Boyz Make Big Noize. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. "That's What Friends Are For" reached number 95 in the UK Singles Chart.

"That's What Friends Are For" was one of the two tracks from You Boyz Make Big Noize to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It was originally intended for Baker to produce the entire album but Slade felt his working methods were too lengthy and expensive. In a 1987 fan club interview, guitarist Dave Hill described the song as "a 'scarf waver' type of number". It was recorded at Wessex Sound Studios.

It was the band's label, RCA, who chose to release "That's What Friends Are For" as a single. Shortly prior to its release, Dave Hill revealed in a 1987 fan club interview that it "looks to be the next single, mainly because there's a certain person up at RCA who is going wally over it". The band wanted to see "Ooh La La in L.A." issued as the album's second UK single but they were overruled by RCA.

Slade promoted the song by performing it on the BBC children's show The Krankies Elektronik Komik.

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