You're My Mate

{{Short description|2001 single by Right Said Fred}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox song

| name = You're My Mate

| cover = You're My Mate.jpg

| alt = The cover consists of a white background with two guys wearing sunglasses sitting on lawn chairs. The group's name and the song title are both written in gold and appear on the top and bottom of the cover respectively. Behind the word 'mate' is a red lipstick mark.

| type = single

| artist = Right Said Fred

| album = Fredhead

| released = 2001

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:15

| label = BMG

| writer = Richard Fairbrass, Fred Fairbass, Myke Gray

| producer = Right Said Fred

| prev_title = Mojive

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Love Song

| next_year = 2002

}}

"You're My Mate" is a song by English pop group Right Said Fred released as the second single from their fourth album Fredhead. It was based on their best friend Jordan Smith from the Cotswold. The song is co-written with Myke Gray, a hard rock guitarist formerly of UFO, Jagged Edge, and Skin. The single reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's first top-20 single in the country since their 1993 single "Stick It Out."

Music video

The music video features the band performing the track with bagpipes played by scantily clad female dancers against a white background.

Track listing

UK CD single

  1. "You're My Mate" (Unplugged mix)
  2. "You're My Mate"

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2001)

!Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/kH1NSqs|title=Part of Right Said Fred's ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= 3 December 2023}}

|align="center"| 101

{{Single chart|Austria|4|artist=Right Said Fred|song=You're My Mate|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Germany|6|artist=Right Said Fred|song=You're My Mate|songid=4745|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|New Zealand|43|artist=Right Said Fred|song=You're My Mate|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Scotland|9|artist=Right Said Fred|date=20011013|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2021}}
{{Single chart|Switzerland|97|artist=Right Said Fred|song=You're My Mate|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|UK|18|artist=Right Said Fred|date=20011013|rowheader=true}}

=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2001|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2001|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=14 June 2020}}

|55

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2001|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=14 June 2020}}

|21

References