"My Funny Friend and Me" is a song by English musician Sting. It was written by Sting and David Hartley for

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' 40th animated feature film ''

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''. When the film began development in 1994 under the title ''Kingdom of the Sun'', Sting was hired to write the film's songs. Released in November 2000, the track reached 24 on the American '' Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Singles chart, and was nominated for the

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for

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at the

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in 2001.

Charts

Personnel

*Produced and arranged by

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*Co-produced by "Big Jim" Wright *Vocals recorded by Dave Rideau (assisted by Pablo Munguia) at

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*Track and background vocals recorded and mixed by Steve Hodge (assisted by Brad Yost and Xavier Smith) at Flyte Tyme Studios,

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*Background vocals: Terry Lewis, Big Jim, Tony Tolbert and James Grear *Guitar: Dave Barry *Drum programming: Alex Richbourg *Additional instruments: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

References

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