In Canada, the song peaked at number one for five consecutive weeks and was the most successful single of 1995. On the Billboard Hot 100, it reached number 17 as a double A-side with "This House Is Not a Home". When "I'll Be There for You" was released in 1995, it topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks and also peaked atop the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Top 40 charts.
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On the other hand, several magazines have listed the song as one of the best TV theme songs, including Paste, Complex, and Observer. In 2009, the song was listed by Blender as one of the "50 Worst Songs Ever". On May 12, 1997, the CD and cassette were re-issued in the UK to commemorate the video release of the first season of Friends. In the United Kingdom, a CD single and cassette single were issued on August 7, 1995. The three-minute version of "I'll Be There for You" was serviced to American contemporary hit radio on May 23, 1995. The handclaps at the end of the first line of the song were a last-minute addition, with Sōlem admitting that it was a wise decision and naming it the best part of the track. There was no way to get out of it," lead singer Phil Sōlem said.
"Our record label said we had to finish the song and record it. After Nashville program director Charlie Quinn, along with radio announcer and music director Tom Peace, looped the original short version into a full-length track and broadcast it on radio station WYHY, it became so popular that they had to re-record it. The original theme, which is under one minute long, was later re-recorded as a three-minute pop song. The music was composed by Kauffman's husband, Michael Skloff. The original lyrics of "I'll Be There for You", a single verse as needed for the length of the series' opening credits, were co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman and songwriter Allee Willis, while the Rembrandts members Phil Sōlem and Danny Wilde later added it by writing the second verse and bridge. Records, they relented to the company's demands. The Rembrandts did not want to record the song, but since they were the only available band on Warner Bros. Television instead decided to recreate R.E.M.'s sound by enlisting the Rembrandts to write an original theme. The title theme of Friends was initially going to be " Shiny Happy People" by American rock band R.E.M., but when the band rejected the offer, Warner Bros. In Canada, the song reached number one for five weeks and was the most successful single of 1995, while in the United States, the song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks. Following the song's release, it reached the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and Norway, as well as in Ireland and the United Kingdom in both 19.
The extended version of the song was released to US radio on May 23, 1995, and was issued in the United Kingdom on August 7, 1995, as the first single from L.P. In 1995, after a Nashville radio station brought the song to mainstream popularity, Rembrandts members Danny Wilde and Phil Sōlem expanded the theme song with two new verses and included this version on their third studio album, L.P. Television selected the only available band on Warner Bros. "I'll Be There for You" was subsequently written and Warner Bros. were originally asked to allow one of their songs to be used for the Friends theme, but they turned the opportunity down. The song was written by David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Michael Skloff, and Allee Willis as the main theme song to the NBC sitcom Friends, which was broadcast from 1994 to 2004. " I'll Be There for You" is a song by American pop rock duo the Rembrandts.
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