James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got A Friend (BBC In Concert, 11/13/71)

In this restored footage of "James Taylor In Concert," James performs @TheCaroleKing's classic song, "You've Got a Friend" on the popular @BBC series "In Concert" on November 13, 1971. James is joined by Carole King on piano, Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on percussion. In 1971, Carole released her album "Tapestry" and James released "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon." "You've Got a Friend" appeared on both albums and James's single of the song reached #1 on the Billboard 100 and #4 on the UK Singles Chart. Both albums won Grammy Awards for the song (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Song of the Year). Carole has said that she wrote "You've Got a Friend" in response to this lyric in James's song "Fire and Rain": "I've seen lonely times when i could not find a friend". "In Concert" was produced by the BBC in the early '70s and featured performances from legendary acts of the time. Footage licensed from BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. All rights reserved. Subscribe here to stay up to date with all new releases on the channel: https://bit.ly/3jApW2o. LYRICS You've Got a Friend - by Carole King When you’re down and troubled And you need some loving care And nothing Oh, nothing is going right Just close your eyes and think of me Yes, and soon I will be there To brighten up Oh, even your darkest nights You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running To see you again It’s winter, spring, summer or fall Now all you got to do is call on me And I will be there, yeah, yes, I’ll be there You’ve got a friend If the sky high above you Should grow dark and full of clouds And that old cold north wind Should begin to blow Just keep your poor head together now And call my name out loud, you know Pretty soon I’ll be knocking on your door You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running To see you again It’s winter, spring summer or fall Really, all you got to do is call And I’ll be there You know I’ll be there Oh, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend When people can be so cold They’ll hurt you, yes, and desert you Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them But don’t you let them You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running like as fast as I can To see you again Oh, yes, don’t you know about that Winter, spring, summer or fall Oh, all you’ve got to do is call And I will be there Yeah, yes, I’ll be there You’ve got a friend You’ve got a friend Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend Walking and talking and everything friend Well, I said everybody here tonight in Pittsfield No matter how low you may go sometimes Ought to take some consolation in one thing, oh, yeah Ain’t it good to know Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You’ve got a friend #JamesTaylor #JT #YouveGotAFriend NEW ALBUM 🎵 https://found.ee/JTAmericanStandard NEW EP 🎵 Over The Rainbow: The American Standard EP: https://found.ee/JTAmericanStandardEP 🌟 FOLLOW JAMES ON SOCIAL 🌟 https://www.facebook.com/JamesTaylor/ https://www.instagram.com/jamestaylor_com/ https://twitter.com/jamestaylor_com 🌐 VISIT THE WEBSITE 🌐 https://www.jamestaylor.com/ ✉️ JOIN THE MAILING LIST ✉️ https://www.jamestaylor.com/mailinglist/ 🎸 FREE GUITAR LESSONS BY JAMES 🎸 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C7B31793C012820

Added 21 Jun 2026