Already Best Friends

2020 single by Jack Harlow featuring Chris Brown

"Already Best Friends"

Single by Jack Harlow featuring Chris Brown

from the album Thats What They All Say

Released

March 30, 2021

Genre

R&B
hip hop

Length

3:17

Label

Generation Now
Warner
Atlantic

Songwriter(s)

Jackman Harlow
Christopher Maurice Brown

Producer(s)

JetsonMade
Ye Ali
Joe Hodges
Rance

Jack Harlow singles chronology

"Hot Boy Bling"
(2021)

"Already Best Friends"
(2021)

"Body (Remix)"
(2021)

Chris Brown singles chronology

"Baby"
(2021)

"Already Best Friends"
(2021)

"Come Through"
(2021)

Music video

"Already Best Friends" on YouTube

"Already Best Friends" is a song written and performed by American rapper Jack Harlow featuring American singer Chris Brown. It was originally released on December 11, 2020 through Warner, Generation Now, and Atlantic Records, as a track from the former's debut studio album, Thats What They All Say, before being released as the third and final single on March 30, 2021.^[1]

Background and composition

"Already Best Friends" initially was supposed to feature singer Tinashe, but her verse on the song was eventually replaced with Chris Brown's.^[2]

The song is a hip hop-infused R&B mid-tempo.^[3] In "Already Best Friends" Harlow and Brown sing about how they cross paths with two newly formed best friends, which leads to a ménage à trois situation: "Two at a time, laying in my bed / One on top and the other give me head / Girl on girl I love the taste", Brown sings in a "smooth way", as described by Jade Boren of The Guardian.^[4] In the last verse Harlow asks the fictional best friends where their "mans" are, going on to rap, "She said 'What's that?' and they smiled at each other and they both laughed / I don't need a man, she my other half / We got something not a lot of others have / And I feel like I knew her from the past".^[4]

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in Tulum, Mexico, and published the day of release for the single.^[5] In the video, Brown shows off his moves as they walk through a packed party in the jungle.^[6]

Charts

Chart performance of "Already Best Friends"
Chart (2021)	Peak position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)^[7]	16
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[8]	19
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	23
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[10]	13

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Gold	40,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)^[12]	Silver	200,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Urban/R&B Future Releases". All Access. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^ "Tinashe Claims Jack Harlow Replaced Her With Chris Brown on Collaborative Track". Complex.
^ "Jack Harlow Teams Up With Chris Brown On "Already Best Friends"". HotNewHipHop. December 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Boren, Jason Brow,Jade (December 11, 2020). "Chris Brown Joins Jack Harlow For A New Track To Sing With Your BFF: 'Already Best Friends'".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Jack Harlow chills in Mexico with Chris Brown for 'Already Best Friends' video". grungecake.com. 14 March 2021.
^ "Jack Harlow Gets Double Dose Of Love In Chris Brown-Featured "Already Best Friends"". HotNewHipHop. March 11, 2021.
^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. February 21, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Jack Harlow Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ "Jack Harlow Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ "Jack Harlow Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Jack Harlow – Already Best Friends". Music Canada. November 19, 2021.
^ "British single certifications – Jack Harlow – Already Best Friends". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Jack Harlow – Already Best Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

Jack Harlow

Discography

Studio albums

Thats What They All Say (2020)
Come Home the Kids Miss You (2022)
Jackman (2023)

Singles

"Whats Poppin"
"Tyler Herro"
"Way Out"
"Already Best Friends"
"Industry Baby"
"SUVs (Black on Black)"
"Nail Tech"
"First Class"
"They Don't Love It"
"Lovin on Me"

Featured singles

"Tap In (Remix)"
"Killer (Remix)"
"Body (Remix)"
"Backstage Passes"
"3D"
"Stop Giving Me Advice"

Other songs

"Dua Lipa"
"Churchill Downs"
"Psychic"
"Common Ground"

v t e Chris Brown songs
Discography
Chris Brown	"Run It!" "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" "Gimme That" "Poppin'" "Say Goodbye"
Exclusive	"Kiss Kiss" "Take You Down" "With You" "Wall to Wall" "Forever" "Superhuman"
Graffiti	"I Can Transform Ya" "Sing Like Me" "Crawl"
F.A.M.E.	"Deuces" "No Bullshit" "Look at Me Now" "She Ain't You" "Yeah 3x" "Next to You" "Wet the Bed" "Beautiful People" "Paper, Scissors, Rock" "Champion"
Fortune	"Turn Up the Music" "Bassline" "Till I Die" "Don't Judge Me" "Sweet Love" "Strip" "Don't Wake Me Up"
X	"X" "Loyal" "New Flame" "Autumn Leaves" "Love More" "Don't Think They Know" "Fine China"
Fan of a Fan: The Album	"Ayo" "Bitches N Marijuana"
Royalty	"Back to Sleep" "Fine by Me" "Wrist" "Liquor" "Zero" "Anyway" "Picture Me Rollin'" "Little More (Royalty)"
Heartbreak on a Full Moon	"Privacy" "Questions" "Tempo" "To My Bed" "Hope You Do" "Party" "Pills & Automobiles" "High End" "Grass Ain't Greener"
Indigo	"Indigo" "Back to Love" "Come Together" "Wobble Up" "Heat" "No Guidance" "Don't Check on Me" "Undecided" "Under the Influence"
Slime & B	"Go Crazy" "City Girls"
Breezy	"Call Me Every Day" "Psychic" "WE (Warm Embrace)" "Iffy" "No Time Like Christmas"
11:11	"Angel Numbers / Ten Toes" "Sensational" "Nightmares" "Summer Too Hot"
Other singles	"No Air" "Five More Hours" "Paradise" "Stranger Things"
Featured singles	"Shortie Like Mine" "Shawty Get Loose" "Get Like Me" "What Them Girls Like" "Freeze" "Work That!" "Drop It Low" "Back to the Crib" "Make a Movie" "Get Back Up" "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" "My Last" "One Night Stand" "Best Love Song" "Pot of Gold" "Body 2 Body" "Better with the Lights Off" "International Love" "Another Round" "Why Stop Now" "Birthday Cake (Remix)" "Right by My Side" "Take It to the Head" "I Can Only Imagine" "Put It Down" "Algo Me Gusta de Ti" "Celebration" "Ready" "As Your Friend" "For the Road" "Beat It" "Sweet Serenade" "Show Me" "It Won't Stop" "Main Chick" "Hold You Down" "Only" "Post to Be" "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)" "Hotel" "Private Show" "You Changed Me" "Do It Again" "How Many Times" "Fun" "All Eyes on You" "Body on Me" "Moses" "Play No Games" "Player" "Sorry" "Gold Slugs" "Drifting" "Wishing" "Something New" "I'm the Man (Remix)" "No Romeo No Juliet" "Do You Mind" "Whatever You Need" "Tone It Down" "Pie" "Either Way" "Melanin Magic" "Freaky Friday" "Attention" "Chi Chi" "Light It Up" "Easy (Remix)" "Haute" "Blow My Mind" "Restroom Occupied" "Something Real" "Put In Work" "Provide" "Already Best Friends" "Come Through" "Baddest" "Angles" "Woo Baby" "Nostálgico" "Nasty" "How Does It Feel" "How We Roll" "IDGAF"
Other songs	"This Christmas" "Dreamer" "Bad Girl" "Better on the Other Side" "Nobody's Business" "Let's Go" "Waves" "Flipmode" "Whatchamacallit" "Slide (Remix)" "New Again" "Gyalis (Remix)" "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" "Weakest Link"