So Called Friend

B-side

• "You're the One I Want It For"
• "Tonight I Stay with You"

Released30 August 1993 (1993-08-30)^[1]

Length3:45

LabelVertigo

"So Called Friend"
Single by Texas
from the album Ricks Road
B-side	"You're the One I Want It For" "Tonight I Stay with You"
Released	30 August 1993 (1993-08-30)[1]
Length	3:45
Label	Vertigo
Songwriters	Johnny McElhone Sharleen Spiteri
Producer	Paul Fox
Texas singles chronology
"Tired of Being Alone" (1992) "So Called Friend" (1993) "You Owe It All to Me" (1993)
Music video
"So Called Friend" on YouTube

"So Called Friend" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released in August 1993, by Vertigo Records, as the lead single from their third studio album, Ricks Road (1993). It was written by band members Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri, and produced by Paul Fox. The song reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number four in Portugal. It was also the theme song of American television sitcom Ellen.^[2]