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Primary artist

Michael Jackson

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Album

Bad

Release date

August 31, 1987

Duration

4:07

Genres

Pop

Label

Epic

Chart performance

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Producers

Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones

Songwriters / credits

Terry Britten, Graham Lyle

Sourced context

"Just Good Friends" is a song from American recording artist Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The song is one of two duets on the album, the other being "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". The song features Jackson and Stevie Wonder quarrelling over a girl in a light, cheerful manner. "Just Good Friends" is the fifth track on Bad with a duration of 4:06. It is the only song from the album to have never been released as a single. "Just Good Friends" is one of only two songs on Bad which were not written by Jackson himself, the other being "Man in the Mirror". The song was written and composed by the '80s songwriting partnership of Terry Britten and Graham Lyle.

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