2003 single by The Dandy Warhols
"We Used to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album Welcome to the Monkey House on 23 April 2003.
The single did not chart in the US but peaked at number 18 in the UK.
Content
The song bears a similar intro riff, chord progression and vocal melody to that of a Feeder song "Day In Day Out", and the band have listed Grant Nicholas as co-writer to avoid lawsuit.
Reception
NME praised the track, describing it as "a synthetic chatter of robotic handclaps and tweaky guitar fuzz, creamed off with a squeaky-clean chorus delivered in alarming falsetto".[1]
Cultural references
The song is known for being the theme song to the TV series Veronica Mars, and was also notably featured in episodes of The O.C. and Wonderfalls, as well as the FIFA Football 2004 soundtrack. It was also the theme song to Australian reality series My Restaurant Rules, and was featured as background music in the LucasArts video game Thrillville: Off the Rails.
In 2011, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional covered the song on his album Covered in the Flood. Alejandro Escovedo recorded a new acoustic version for the soundtrack of the 2014 film adaptation Veronica Mars. Chrissie Hynde covered the song for season 4 of Veronica Mars.
