You've Got a Friend (Johnny Mathis album)

In their review for retailers, Billboard wrote, "Mathis is a consistent heavy chart seller with his packages, all of which are super performances, but this one tops the others."[4]

From the liner notes for The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection:[2]

• April 30, 1971 – "For All We Know", "If"
• May 5, 1971 – "Help Me Make It Through the Night", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Reach Out I'll Be There"
• May 7, 1971 – "If You Could Read My Mind", "Long Ago and Far Away", "So Much in Love"
• May 11, 1971 – "Golden Slumbers", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "We Can Work It Out"
• June 30, 1971 – "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?", "It's Too Late", "You've Got a Friend"
• July 8, 1971 – "If We Only Have Love"

As the songwriter of "You've Got a Friend", Carole King won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year,[10] but it was James Taylor's recording of the song that spent a week at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100[11] and Easy Listening charts,[12] reached number four on the UK singles chart,[13] received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America,[14] and earned Taylor the Grammy for Best Vocal Performance, Male.[10] "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" by the Bee Gees spent four weeks at number one on the Hot 100[15] and reached number four on the Easy Listening chart[16] in addition to receiving Gold certification from the RIAA.[17] "Help Me Make It Through the Night" also won Grammys for both its songwriter and vocalist, in this case Kris Kristofferson winning Best Country Song and Sammi Smith picking up Best Country Vocal Performance, Female[10] in addition to spending three weeks at number one on Billboard's Country chart,[18] reaching number eight pop[19] and number three Easy Listening,[20] and receiving Gold certification.[21]

Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" enjoyed a week at number one on the Easy Listening chart[20] and got as high as number five on the Hot 100[22] and number 30 in the UK.[23] The Jackson 5 had the most successful version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" with three weeks at number two on the pop chart,[24] three weeks at number one R&B,[25] and a number 33 hit in the UK.[26] Carole King won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "It's Too Late",[10] which racked up five weeks at number one on both the pop[27] and Easy Listening charts,[28] went to number six UK,[29] and received Gold certification.[30]

The Beatles took "We Can Work It Out" to number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100[31] and earned a Gold record for the recording.[32] "Long Ago and Far Away" by James Taylor made it to number 31 pop[11] and number four Easy Listening.[28] Bread went to number four on the Hot 100 with "If",[33] which also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart.[34] The 1970 song "For All We Know" originated in the film Lovers and Other Strangers and won the Oscar for Best Original Song[35] two months after its chart debut by The Carpenters,[36][37] who made it to number three pop[36] with the song and spent three weeks at number one Easy Listening.[38]

• Johnny Mathis - producer ("You've Got a Friend", "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?", "It's Too Late", "If We Only Have Love");[3] vocals
• Richard Perry - producer (except as noted)[3]
• Jack Gold - producer ("If", "For All We Know")[2]
• Al Capps - arranger ("If", "For All We Know")[3]
• D'Arneill Pershing - arranger (except as noted)[3]
• Roy M. Rogosin - conductor[3]
• Peter Romano - engineer[3]
• Phil Macy - engineer[3]
• Guy Webster - front and back cover photos[3]
• Virginia Team - design[3]