While the song did not immediately make a significant commercial impact in Australia, peaking at number 86 in October 1995, it soon re-entered the ARIA Singles Chart in August 1996 and peaked at number three on the week of October 13, spending a total of 20 weeks in the top 50. The song sold 322,000 copies in the UK during 1995. In Scotland, it topped the country's singles chart. In the United Kingdom, it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and it peaked at the same position on the Irish Singles Chart the same year.

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, when it was later released commercially as a double A-side with 'This House Is Not a Home', it reached number 17. At the peak of its popularity, the song was not available as a commercial single, therefore becoming the first song to top the Hot 100 Airplay chart without appearing on the Hot 100. 'I'll Be There for You' topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks and also peaked atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Top 40/Mainstream charts. Conversely, 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'. 'I'll Be There for You' is an upbeat song about traveling, dead-end jobs, and friendship. 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. There was no way to get out of it.' The three-minute version of 'I'll Be There for You' was serviced to American contemporary hit radio on May 23, 1995. 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 that the Rembrandts had to re-record it, as well as helping to write the second verse and bridge. The original theme, which is under one minute long, was later re-recorded as a three-minute pop song. 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. Skloff became inspired by hearing the Beatles song ' Paperback Writer' on the radio while reading a show script and sought to capture a mid-1960s pop sound for the theme. 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, with songwriter Allee Willis. 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. The music was composed by Kauffman's husband, Michael Skloff. Television instead decided to recreate R.E.M.'s sound by enlisting the Rembrandts, consisting of members Phil Sōlem and Danny Wilde, to record a new theme song. 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 serviced 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. was originally asked to allow their song ' Shiny Happy People' 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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