We're Going To Be Friends

"We're Going to Be Friends" is a promotional single by the American alternative rock band White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in late 2002, and tells the story of meeting a new friend at the beginning of a school year. Through its lyrics, it is able to evoke the simplicity of childhood, in which the narrator is worried only by school and making friends.

We're Going to Be Friends is often used to show the variety offered by The White Stripes.

Featured in the opening credits of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, writer/director Jared Hess commented that originally, they couldn't find the song they were looking for, but wanted to use We're Going to Be Friends, so a copy of Napoleon Dynamite was sent to The White Stripes, who promptly approved the songs use in the film. Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson recorded a cover of the song on his album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George. It currently runs as an advertisement for Miss Lori and Hooper on PBS. Bright Eyes covered the song with guest First Aid Kit for the charity album Cool for School: For the Benefit of the Lunchbox Fund.

This song was also played at the end of an episode of House entitled "Mirror Mirror", which aired October 30, 2007. The song is not included in the show's soundtrack.

This is one of Conan O'Brien's favorite songs by The White Stripes, and at his request, they performed it on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 20, 2009.