Meghan Trainor released a cover of the Rembrandts’s iconic Friends theme song, I’ll Be There For You. The singer covered the song in honour of the show’s 25th anniversary, reports Rolling Stone.
The cover version of the song was revealed in conjunction with the Empire State Building’s themed light-up on Sunday, where the NYC skyscraper was illuminated with the colours of Friends logo.
Warner Brothers approached Trainor, as she is a Friends fan, to cover the theme song around the anniversary.
Later the singer posted Tweted: “Honored to be a part of @FriendsTV’s 25th anniversary and I’m geeked to see the @EmpireStateBldg lights goin off to my cover of ‘I’ll be there For You.'”
I’ll Be There For You was co-written by the Rembrandts, Friends creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, Kauffman’s husband Michael Skloff and songwriter Alee Willis.
In order to to replicate the tune, Trainor teamed up with her family to sing in the background. Trainor also recently dropped Genetics, a buoyant track featured in the new Netflix film, Tall Girl.
