Anytime You Need a Friend

"Anytime You Need a Friend" is a song by Mariah Carey. Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, "Anytime You Need a Friend" served as the fourth and final single from her third studio album, Music Box (1993).

Released to radio on May 31, 1994, the song was an international success, reaching number-twelve in the United States, and the top-tens and twenties of several other countries around the world, including Australia and the United Kingdom.