Just a Friend

~ Recording by Biz Markie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Just a Friend (LP version)4:08Biz MarkieJust a FriendBiz MarkieSingle
  • US1989-09-21
Cold Chillin’, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7-22784, 9 22784-7
1.5Just a Friend4:07The Diabolical Biz MarkieThe Biz Never SleepsThe Diabolical Biz MarkieAlbum
  • US1989-10-10
Cold Chillin’9 26003-2
1.1Just a Friend (LP version)4:08Biz MarkieJust a FriendBiz MarkieSingle
Cold Chillin’0-21342
1.1Just a Friend (LP version)4:08Biz MarkieJust A FriendBiz MarkieSingle
Cold Chillin’, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)0-21342, 9 21342-0
1.1Just a Friend (LP version)4:08Biz MarkieJust A FriendBiz MarkieSingle
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Cold Chillin’4-22784, 9 22784-4
1.5Just a Friend4:07The Diabolical Biz MarkieThe Biz Never SleepsThe Diabolical Biz MarkieAlbum
Cold Chillin’1-26003
1.5Just a Friend4:07The Diabolical Biz MarkieThe Biz Never SleepsThe Diabolical Biz MarkieAlbum
  • JP1990-05-10
Cold Chillin’WPCP-3457
1.10Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieBiz’s Baddest BeatsBiz MarkieAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-06-01
Cold Chillin’CCCD5003
1.5Just a Friend4:00Biz MarkieThe Biz Never SleepsBiz MarkieAlbum
Cold Chillin’CCCD9009
1.5Just a Friend4:00Biz MarkieThe Biz Never SleepsBiz MarkieAlbum
  • US1997-01-24
Cold Chillin’
1.12Just a Friend4:02Biz MarkieKurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Volume 3: The Golden AgeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-19
Rhino (reissue label)R2 72853
1.9Just a Friend4:02Biz MarkieBack in tha DayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1998-11-10
PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.)565 768-2
1.10Just a Friend4:00Biz MarkieFrosh TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1999-08-24
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)740 143-2
1.10Just a Friend4:03Biz MarkieThe Best of Cold Chillin’Biz MarkieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-10-31
Cold Chillin’, Landspeed RecordsLSR 8802 CD
1.10Just a Friend4:03Biz MarkieThe Best of Cold Chillin’Biz MarkieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-10-31
Cold Chillin’, Landspeed RecordsLSR 8802
1.9Just a Friend4:02Biz MarkieGreatest HitsBiz MarkieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-21
Cold Chillin’, Landspeed RecordsLSR 8816
1.11Just a Friend4:04Biz MarkieThe Wackness: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2008-06-24
Jive (Jive Records imprint)88697-31687-2
1.11Just a Friend4:04Biz MarkieThe Wackness: Music From the Motion Picture (clean version)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Sony Pictures Classics (art-house, "independent" film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment)88697-31686-2
1.10Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieBiz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz MarkieBiz MarkieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-08-13
Rhino (reissue label)
1.14Just a Friend4:02Biz MarkieThe SitterVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2011-12-06
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.5Just a Friend4:07Biz MarkieThe Biz Never Sleeps (special edition)Biz MarkieAlbum
  • US2012-02-28
Cold Chillin’, Traffic Entertainment Group (2002–)TEG-77516-2
3.2Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieHip-Hop: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-01-20
Rhino (reissue label)825646337798
1.14Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieHip Hop FundamentalsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-09-04
Rhino (reissue label)
1.23Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieSound of the 90’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
2.1Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieHip-Hop History: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-05-12
Rhino (reissue label)0190295908683
2.8Just a Friend3:59Biz MarkieGreatest Ever One Hit WondersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-09-29
Union Square MusicGTSTCD125
1.38Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieSmash Hits Car‐aokeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IE2017-10-13
  • GB2017-10-13
Rhino (reissue label)
1.32Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieSmash Hits Car‐aokeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017-10-13
Rhino (reissue label)
1.59Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest Pop SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-06-14
Rhino (reissue label)
1.41Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest Best Songs EverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-11-22
Rhino (reissue label)
1.34Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest Guilty Pleasures: Cheesy Pop HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-02-07
Rhino (reissue label)
1.29Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest: One Hit WondersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2020-02-07
Rhino (reissue label)
1.95Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest Throwback SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-02-14
Rhino (reissue label)
1.7Just a Friend3:58Biz MarkieHappy TimesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-05-08
X5 Music Group
1.14Just a Friend3:58Biz Markie100 Greatest RapVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
5.4Just a Friend4:01Biz MarkieSmithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and RapVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2021-08-20
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW CD 40230
2.5Just a Friend4:05The Diabolical Biz MarkieThe Best of Cold Chillin’Biz MarkieAlbum + CompilationLandspeed RecordsLSR 8808
Bootleg
1.7Just a Friend4:02Biz MarkieYTMND Soundtrack, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2005-10-29
YTMND
(unknown)
1.20Just a Friend4:05Biz MarkieGreatest Hits of the One Hit Wonders, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez
co-producer:Cutmaster Cool V (hip hop DJ Vaughan Lee)
producer and mixer:The Diabolical Biz Markie
sampled by:Daily by TQ (US R&B singer)
Daily (instrumental) by TQ (US R&B singer)
part of:The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 480) (order: 482)
recording of:Just a Friend

Just a Friend

lyricist:Joe Flizzow
Leaflizard
Malique
Biz Markie
composer:Biz Markie
is the basis for:Just a Friend 2002