Be Your Own Best Friend is the sixteenth studio album by Ray Stevens as well as his fourth and final for Warner Bros. Records, released in 1978. The third track, "You've Got the Music Inside", is a re-recording of a track that was from Stevens' 1973 album Nashville.
All of the selections were published by Ray Stevens Music-BMI, with the exception of "You've Got the Music Inside," which was published by Ahab Music Company, Inc.-BMI.
The title track is the album's sole single.
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Personnel Ray Stevens - keyboards, synthesizer, percussion Jerry Kroon - drums Jack Williams - bass Chet Atkins, Steve Gibson - electric guitar Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer, Diane Tidwell - backing vocals Shelly Kurland Strings - strings Ray Stevens, Denis Solee - horns Technical Stuart Keathley - recording engineer Charlie Tallent, Ray Stevens - mixing Ray Stevens - production, arrangements Recorded at Ray Stevens' Studio - Nashville Ed Thrasher - photography Brad Kanawyer - design
Charts Singles - Billboard (North America) YearSingleChartPosition1978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Canadian RPM Country Tracks161978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks361978"Be Your Own Best Friend"Billboard Adult Contemporary50
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