it just came right out. on the opening night at the troubadour, it was that afternoon that carole was doing her sound check, preparing for her first ever solo show. just her and the piano on the stage. and she decided to run through a song she had just finished writing. and james and i were sitting in the balcony of the troubadour upstairs, and that s when we heard this brand-new song called you ve got a friend . i m not sure i was told on you ve got a friend. i mean people said, did you know? i didn t. i just thought it was a very nice song. i had no idea of the reach it would have. as soon as i heard it, i said, man, that s just that s just it. that s a great, great song. james went crazy. he fell in love with the song, told carole it was one of the best pop songs ever written and asked if she d mind if he learned it. and he did. he learned the song from carole, worked out his own version. and eventually we did ask carole whether she would consider letting james record h