Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks ~ Whenever I Call You Friend

Whenever I Call You Friend was a duet Kenny Loggins performed with Stevie Nicks and released in 1978 as a single. It became Loggins' first major solo hit after the break-up of Loggins and Messina in 1976. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[@ceceliecamarillo9226]

Who is still listening in 2024? This song takes me back to high school.

[@JoeSachenbacher]

Joe is

[@Myveryownplace]

Beautiful! This sound so much seventies!

[@leojohn9707]

I am😊

[@cherrikrider7109]

Everyday! It takes me to my happy place!

[@cherrikrider7109]

🎉

[@Nattiw72]

Love this song - perfect harmonies, great lyrics

[@katiecoollady]

what a great radio hit!

[@AlisaPowerDashaPowerV1945Briga]

Love this

[@misterpresident4394]

This song is MASSIVE! I'm glad I found it! I heard it first as a sample in another song. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT SONG, THOUGH😢... could someone help me, please?

[@tcr1130]

Wish they could reinvent 1978 one more time...she has so many great collabs

[@JohnJohn-jp4sq]

Beautiful

[@bradleylaford1526]

❤❤❤

[@Kent-bq8bs]

FANTASTIC ☮️☯️⚛️💟🎺🎷🪗🥁🪘🟡🔴⚫😎🐕

[@pammynickerson1073]

Love this song❤

[@tweeglaister4885]

Love her xx

[@lisal2275]

Cruising with the parents in the Cutlass with this blaring!

[@Lilliana3]

I wish we could do the 70's over!❤

[@lilylee5924]

Beautiful duet! Both are legendary artists! Their songs are a big part of memories during that time of my life. Love this song!

[@mzeklektik1089]

the intro is the best of all his songs KL fan

[@80sruler]

Reminds me of growing up…got a lot of radio play

[@foreignfilmfan711]

I attended a Kenny Loggins concert at Madison Square Garden in 1978. We were enjoying his songs, happily singing along, when the crowd erupted as they escorted Stevie Nicks on stage. With her signature long flowing dress, wide brimmed hat, and unique sultry voice, she left an unforgettable image. Their duet was the highlight of the evening.

[@sallyfreeman9971]

I wish I could've been there!

[@kristenpotter6058]

❤

[@silversprings62]

Omg what an incredible moment that must of been! After all these years, there is still no known live recording of that song…..it’s become my holy grail to find!!!!

[@jamespeterson5631]

I hope to someday, to be able to have a copy of them, doing it in concert. You were one of the real fortunate ones. Thanks for sharing

[@mattsweeny3957]

What a Beautiful song..I love Stevie.....The pop songs of the 1970s cannot and will not be matched...it was the greatest decade of music...Pop, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Classic 🎸 Rock matt

[@NMY0111]

Splendid arrangement by Bob James, much better than Melisa Manchester version. I came to know Kenny with this tune on American top 40(I remember this moved up to 5th on the chart) Then back to Loggins and Messina’s songs. I also attended his concert in Osaka, Japan around 42 years ago. Good old days for West coast rock, so called in Japan. Eagles, Doobie bothers, Jackson Brown, James Taylor etc. etc.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Kenny Hit that

[@landreaulover]

Great voices, great song! One of the best duets of all time. Stevie and Kenny both have several duets, but this is the cream of the crop!

[@judasplow25]

Oh, does this bring back memories of my early teenage years.

[@jrt1776]

Written by Kenny Loggins and Melissa Msnchester?

[@Leroy-w8i]

When music was positive loving caring fun living words of wisdom ❤😂😮

[@stevenfuller6158]

Who else thought that the words “SATURDAY NIGHT” were involved in the lyrics of the chorus of this song?

[@MrJohn49g]

Proof that Stevie can sing a duet with anyone and sound great.

[@battlestarmarc]

Stevie is a great singer !!!!

[@mikeboll9481]

Thanks for the photos. 👍

[@MusicFan1977]

Thanks for the comment :)

[@mikeboll9481]

@@MusicFan1977, I was checking out Rick Beato's best 20 vocal intros of all time. Whenever I Call You Friend didn't even make the list! That made me want to hear it, so I watched your vid. Then I saw all the photos you included, which got me wondering if Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins ever had an intimate relationship. That brought me to a "behind the scenes" vid of that song - which you also might find interesting. Cheers kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGiTaJSQeZiae8k

[@MusicFan1977]

@@mikeboll9481 I've seen that video, it's a good one!

[@wickedout2010]

One of my all time favorite Kenny Loggins songs. Such a classic! Stevie Nicks is incredible in this song. ❤🎉😊

[@ottomatic3123]

Revisiting this song from my childhood, it sounds much better than I already remembered it to be. It's a pleasant subject matter too. Good times.... ❤

[@JA-ll4kv]

45 years old and sounds as if it a new release - except that it's better than most new releases. Just doesn't date. And her voice. WOW!

[@marianneghent8383]

For all of humanity......this is it!

[@salvatorerizzo8640]

Best duet from the 70s. With Elton and kee kee.

[@mang0529]

Love this & them two 🤗🫶🏼👍🏼👏🏼perfect song 🎵 together

[@jrt1776]

BOTH STIILL ACTIVE ALIVE SO WHY HAVE THEY NEVER PERFORMED THIS LIVE OR EVER SANG AGAIN AFTER THIS studio recording?

[@ReeseMac]

I love the part where Stevie starts singing. The way her voice flows and rises into harmony with Kenny gives me chills.

[@TheLTD_]

Agreed.timeless classic

[@glynndove9511]

She just wraps her vocal around his like putting her shaw on or her cape, just beautiful ❤️

[@localtowee]

It's perfection. Stevie does it so well. Every song she has sung or sung back up on is the best version.

[@logosyetica]

1978 making Pizzas ,,,,in Garland Texas........

[@christopherl4806]

They just don't write them like this anymore: with sophisticated harmonies and key changes, intricate voice leading, and beautiful melodies.

[@gregpalermo3861]

It's like good music like this just disappeared. Sad.

[@craigjackson5903]

Stephanie Lynn Nicks is one of the Greatest Contralto voices of our generation . She can sing in just about any style and you can tell it's her singing 💖💖💖 CLASSIC 😎😎

[@debramorales4283]

She did say Kenny was a little mean at times when making this song... But in the end what they got was a Great Record!

[@TheCloakedOwl]

An old flame showed me this (he absolutely HATES Stevie, too lol), but he knew how much I love and adore her (love Kenny, too). He didn't give me much other than some good and bad memories (ah, the struggles of a one-sided love), but this was one of the good ones.

[@paulrenault9679]

In high school I met a lot of mean, nasty people. And then I heard this song. Stevie, Kenny, and their band were a breath of fresh. This song made my day many times when I was a freshman in high school. Thank you, Kenny, Stevie, and band! You are awesome! And I still love this song after all of these years.

[@marshallrogers8011]

I was also a Freshman in High School in 1978!! The Greatest Decade!! Wish I could go back+relive some of those by gone days. Life was so much simpler!!

[@onetransam1998]

I was in elementary, and in music class students could bring in 45's on Fridays and play them throughout the class period. This was one of them, that was until Carters desegregation act. Because we could not agree on the music, there were complaints, Ms. Mrosic thought it best she stop the practice. I did save money because I did not buy as many records after that.

[@raiderdanCA]

Simply one of the BEST DUET pieces in rock history !

[@OneDawn4All]

AGREED!!!🎯💗

[@bobm7250]

She and Walter Egan did "Magnet & Steel" two months earlier.

[@salvatorerizzo8640]

The Best

[@randywissler9923]

Stevie and Tom Petty was a damn good one too!!

[@darlaalonzo2177]

Absolutely⚘️❤⚘️

[@chrishultgren777]

thats crazy i have heard this song for 40 years and never realized that was Stevie Nicks 😳

[@mustlovepretzels]

Music Fan: thanks for posting. For some reason, this song reminds me of the Hasbro toy "Lite-Brite". probably the jingle is similar to the melody of the song. Cheers! 🥨

[@TheScott247]

All I hear is “Cheeseburg salad on a Saturday night” 😂

[@hrhqueene]

Too close to those amps in your younger days, huh? 😂

[@craigjackson5903]

That is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS 😂😂😂 NOW I CAN'T STOP HEARING THAT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheScott247]

@@hrhqueene I think so 😂

[@TheScott247]

@@craigjackson5903 yesssss! Someone gets me !

[@BrianMcLaughlin-o8k]

Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac and The Beach Boys on Harmonies. Doesn’t get better than that. Happy Birthday Stevie. Love you!!!!!!!!!

[@FabledRomance]

Love this so much💗

[@shannonbowman5990]

😊

[@luckypenny4263]

Love this ❤❤

[@badhabitbabbitt7655]

1980s Power Duets Lionel Richie & Diana Ross "Endless Love", Joe Crocker & Jennifer Warnes " Up Where We Belong", Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes "(I've Had) The Time If Ny Life", Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer", Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton "We've Got Tonight", Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much", Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There", Stevie Nicks & Don Henley "Leather And Lace", Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks "Whenever I Call You Friend", Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle "You and I", Cher & Oeter Cetera "After All".

[@rgrndu]

This song was a hit in ‘78.

[@mattsmith7244]

I close my eyes 10 years old living in NEW CANEY TX LISTENING TO LATE NOGHT WEEKEND RADIO OUT OF HOUSTON STARING AT THE EARL CAMPBELL HOUSTON OILERS POSTER ABOVE MY BED AND THIS WONDERFUL SONG COMES ON THE RADIO LOVED IT THEN LOVE IT NOW.

[@pearldrumguy1]

Lot's of great pictures I've never seen!!

[@Lynn22823]

Wow just perfect and beautiful!! Loved the pics too so much talent those two

[@kristinmcgovern2851]

Great old song! Love it❤

[@joelong1159]

1978 all over again.

[@sheriedwards8257]

Great song, but the first 30 seconds...just haunting...

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Cheers to X!!! Generation X was PEAK America. Also Please Save us all!!! WE NEED YOU NOW!!!!

[@jeffreyhamilton2407]

Thank you!!

[@johnnybonds77]

no worries. we got this

[@robinthais]

Were they an item or just good friends?

[@RomeyB]

Kenny's and Stevie's voices compliment each other! After this duet, the industry has tried but couldn't match this!

[@jeffsullivan2044]

Played the "45" to death in grade 10 ( sooo many years ago!). A great song by 2 of the best in the business. Never really gets old....this song is the true definition of "timeless". Ohhhhh, the poor younger generations today. They've got no " substance" to listen to ( unless they're listening to an " oldies" radio station). Lol

[@sallyfreeman9971]

I'm not sure. But I think I used to have the 45 also. I was a sophomore when this song came out. I'm listening to it on a CD I got at the library this weekend.

[@reneearguelles7777]

The younger generations are lucky though cause we get to listen to old and new songs with substance cause of today's technology. I mean I found this and I listen to "oldies" too. This song was released just a few years after my parents were born.

[@burtonrivera5253]

Captain and Tennile, Peaches and Herb, On and on.... Legit duets existed then

[@sallyfreeman9971]

I agree

[@rgrndu]

I like Captain & Tennille but he never duetted vocally. Maybe backup vocals. Peaches & Herb were a duet vocally. Feel free to shake your groove thing.

[@ElizabethBowden-hr3nq]

Anything Stevie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@7100sae]

Beautiful, inspiring song. If you heard this song as a kid, I bet it stuck with you! I haven’t heard it in decades...made me smile. Incomparable vocals, but also that funky bass. Drum part/mix at beginning reminds me a bit of Paul McCartney’s Take it Away (vibe at the beginning) but this was 4 years earlier...

[@sonyaethaniel]

I was leaving the store a few days ago and heard this after so many years. I had no idea who sang it and always thought they were talking about sax on a Saturday night. I've listened to it a hundred times in the past few days because it's such a beautiful sentiment and I'm obsessed with the good feeling it gives me. Edit: I just watched a video with Kenny and the beginning of the song was inspired by the Beach Boys. Melissa Manchester (co writer) was supposed to sing it but when Stevie offered he couldn't resist. Also he originally wrote the song for Michael McDonald to sing but Michael didn't understand it.

[@paulrenault9679]

Such a wonderful song, sung by talented artists. In 1978, I discovered this song by Kenny and Stevie. Amazing harmony and melody! Bravo, Stevie and Kenny. I still love this song.

[@laurieglick9574]

AWESOME KENNY HAPPY BDAY KENNY! JAN 6th!

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Yacht Funk

[@4508bluesky]

And wasn’t it co-written by Melissa Manchester, who’s pretty talented too?

[@kenchidester7702]

i love this song this is real music

[@MagnumMuscle1000]

Kenny sounds a lot Iike Lindsey on this one. Kenny is a GREAT singer and does what the song calls for.

[@forgottencas2272]

I always thought it was Lindsey until recently.

[@trudieristich795]

I think he can be underrated. I mean, still to this very day. He has a very good voice compared to some people that are kind of losing them still looks good going strong love them both glad I got to see. It's still looking good

[@debramorales4283]

And Her Voice Has Gotten Bigger & Better In The Years..

[@jamessmith-rd3sf]

Everybody damn person or band sang with Stevie Nicks sang with was a damn hit... She will always me my goddess..

[@MusicFan1977]

Her vocals never hurt a song.

[@sonyaethaniel]

She's prolific.

[@rgrndu]

Were you high when you wrote this?😅

[@madams6198]

What a unique song structure. Honestly. 😁

[@theramden6025]

The Unforgettable 70's!!! Whenever I call...

[@tunnleking]

Instantly takes me right back to 1978, pretty good year for music and everything else I was doing as a young teenager.

[@theramden6025]

Still listening in 2023

[@vkaustralia1898]

The Golden Era of Rock 1977-1981 Termed “The Neo Romantic Era”

[@rgrndu]

By you? I never heard that in my 61 years.

[@LabGenius17]

@ranlive1 well you just learned something Google it

[@CheLGaZm]

Genius... Played almost every instrument marry that with lyrics that were hot & his kinky point of view He produced MASTERPIECES

[@EdMcCornhole]

I was searching up this song. Heard on classic radio . Thanks.

[@MusicFan1977]

I'm glad you found it.

[@IamMarjoree]

Do not eat the candies. That's money in my pocket.

[@IamMarjoree]

The best sleep I had last night.

[@IamMarjoree]

Johan

[@jeffk7734]

One of the very few light rock songs I enjoyed as a kid. I was only about a year in a half when this came out and remember it being played a lot on WNIC and WMJC in Detroit.

[@stevetilk4926]

I was in high school in Trenton when this song came out. Hearing transports me back to my sophomore year.

[@wilanderfan22]

💙💙☀️💙💙

[@darlaalonzo2177]

⚘️❤⚘️

[@jnteeter]

Fantastic very special doing. Love the lyrics. How their voices mesh and harmonize so beautifully

[@girlwalkerII]

I grew up on radio so brings back great memories. I was 10 when this one came out. I saw Kenny live in Santa Clara's Great America in 1986 it was a fun show.

[@FNAFEDITS171]

Miss those shows at GA

[@thunderstruck5484]

Such a great radio song always made me happy hearing then and now

[@rdeloges7957]

About the same age, it was a great time in music. To think we got this, Baker Street, all the Eagles, Journey, Styx, floating us right into the MTV British/Aussie wave.

[@marshallrogers8011]

OMG,My cousin+I got stuck on. A roller coaster at Marriott's Great America in 1978 for 30 mins!!

[@marksusskind1260]

I went to a convenience store shortly before my bedtime, but the store had the nerve to play this song while I was there. No sleep now!

[@jmac4138]

Born in 2007, listening to my favorite song my dad showed me before he past in a car wreck.

[@bryanbourbin2098]

I’m so very sorry for your loss, Jacob.

[@melaniebrown4947]

So sorry for your loss. God bless you.

[@burtonrivera5253]

Wow, thanks for sharing. Your father had good taste!

[@sallyfreeman9971]

Awwwwww! I can imagine listening to the song reminds you of your dad. Sorry for your loss. Stay strong.

[@ms.scentsnobhttps]

My morning soundtrack.

[@richsantilli4465]

I go right back to the great 80s!!!

[@therealrodney8561]

Epic!

[@luther1546]

The favorite singer of Sterling Mallory Archer.

[@dannaturman1570]

The opening line of this sounds a lot like the opening line of “We’re All Alone” by Boz Scaggs

[@markkalfahs1047]

...the intro is an all-time classic...along with the rest of this signature tune...

[@aimeenwokeji9741]

Is there live performance footage of this song? I’ve only found these photo montages.

[@MusicFan1977]

To my knowledge, unfortunately no.

[@dln3472]

🥂

[@scotttimothy64]

The best pairing of a male and female voice in music history

[@BigVegasAlwaysWins]

I work at a Casino in Vegas, the overhead music plays this song alot. I love this song🎲🎵🎶

[@sonyaethaniel]

Is it flooded where you are?

[@trumpforKing808]

fucking love this song. miss the 80s

[@trentpettit6336]

Actually this song is from even earlier than that! 1976 in fact! Sure has aged well!

[@salvatorerizzo8640]

Yea. This is the 70s.

[@rgrndu]

@@trentpettit6336. It was a hit in ‘78, in fact.

[@trentpettit6336]

@@rgrndu Oops, sorry for my mistake! Do you notice the opening part of this song sounding similar to "Daniel" by Elton John?

[@salvatorerizzo8640]

Was the 70s. But we feel ya. Was 79 actually

[@CH67guy1]

When I was in Catholic elementary school I was always too afraid to ask why every classroom had a framed photo

[@dancingponies7971]

It’s hard to believe there is not a version of these two singing this and they were on KZbin……

[@hectoramador4728]

Great Friendship song.