The Rembrandts
The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There For You", which… Read Full Bio ↴The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There For You", which was the main theme for the hit television show 'Friends'. Their signature, almost Beatles-esque pop rock sound, coupled with ringing guitar and fresh harmonies, rocketed them to stardom in the 90s, and their third album, 'L.P.', went platinum as a result. Though remembered primarily as a 'one-hit-wonder', the band had a fairly long history before 'Friends' made them a household name.

Lead vocalist Danny Wilde began his musical career as the lead singer of The Quick, an L.A.-based punk and power pop inspired combo briefly popular in the late 70s, breaking through with their song "Pretty Please Me". The musical duo of Danny Wilde and Phil Solem had roots in an early 80s new wave/power pop band, called Great Buildings, which released a single critically-lauded album on Columbia in 1981. Although spawning minor hits in "Hold On To Something" and "Maybe It's You", major success eluded the outfit.

After they disbanded, Wilde released a series of slick 80s solo albums before rejoining with his former partner to form the Rembrandts. Initially, the band was heavily indebted to simplistic guitar pop reminiscent of early work from The Beatles and The Everly Brothers. They also took serious inspiration from pop contemporaries such as Squeeze and Crowded House. Their first, self-titled album, released in 1990, featured the surprise #14 hit "Just the Way It Is, Baby", which managed to claw its way onto top 40 playlists despite sounding out of place for the time. Follow-up singles "Someone" and "Save Me" also garnered some airplay.

Their second record, released two years later (and titled, humorously, 'Untitled') also spawned minor hits in the brooding, violin-spiked "Johnny, Have You Seen Her?" and the breezy "Rolling Down the Hill". Both songs showed the band's partial influence from alternative rock groups. In 1995, however, the Rembrandts became a surprise, seemingly-overnight success when they recorded the theme song to the program 'Friends', a ditty reminiscent of British invasion groups called "I'll Be There For You",

The song became an instant smash based on its thirty-second TV version. Interestingly enough, they recorded the full-length version of "I'll Be There For You" only after the shorter version was recorded specifically for the TV show. The band was busy prepping their third release, 'L.P.', at the time that "I'll Be There For You" became so successful, and it was shoehorned last minute onto the end of the track order (initial pressings omit the song on the track list). Unfortunately, much of the new audience generated by the hit didn't take a shine to the rest of the low-key pop rock on the disc. The album went platinum and picked up supportive critical reviews, but it has become something of a lost 90s classic. A few follow-up singles, notably "This House Is Not a Home", generated a small amount of interest, but nothing compared to that of the 'Friends' theme.

The sudden shift in the band's fanbase-- where they had gone from being a low-flying critical success to a discarded 'one-hit-wonder' in the popular consciousness-- took its toll on the band, especially Solem. He outright quit several years later. Danny Wilde produced another Rembrandts album without him, but it was a commercial failure. In 2001, however, the duo reunited for 'Lost Together', their fourth album as a duo and fifth overall. A greatest hits compilation was released in 2006, displaying that the band did in fact have a singles history far deeper than the 'Friends' theme. As time has gone on, they've also had a cult following among power pop fans.
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The Rembrandts Lyrics


Another Day Down Another day down-Another day down Another day down-Another d…
April 29 I'm so glad to see you..delighted that you came I swear…
As Long As I Am Breathing Now maybe it don't show But this feelin' inside It fills my…
Beautiful Thing I'd like to teach the world to sing A song that…
Big Plans Gabriella, she's a continental girl She wants everything-She…
Buddy Jo Buddy crashes through the kitchen-Crazy hair and bloodshot e…
Burning Timber Where is everybody going Always learning never knowing Try…
Call Me We both know you and I, have been through harder…
Chase The Clouds Away You never know what the day will bring Another song for…
Comin' Home Sittin' at the gate, I didn't have a reservation Couldn't tu…
Coming Home Sittin' at the gate, I didn't have a reservation Couldn't t…
Confidential Information She tried to keep a secret-Swore she'd never tell Double-cro…
Don't Hide Your Love There ain't a lot that I know But what I do…



Drowning In Your Tears I see more with my eyes closed Then you'll know before…
Easy To Forget Run, hide from the sun Follow the tracks laid by a…
Eloise Yesterday, I was all alone Nobody called on the telephone Ye…
End Of The Beginning You were in the corner of my eye, and facing…
Every Secret Thing Now, I'm not saying that I'm, feelin' lonely but I Wouldn't…
Everyday People Oh the times they are a changin' I can feel it…
Follow You Down Broken down on this, lonesome highway Just my luck that you…
Friends So no one told you life was gonna be this…
Get It Right We made love in this room, you mended all my…
Goodnight When you need someone, that you can turn to Honey don't…
Hang On Clementine! It rained the night away, the day I left the…
Hang On To Forever Baby, am I chasin' a rainbow? Lately, I've been lost in…
Happiness Life goes on....at least that's what they say Though dreams …
I Too late, I spoke too soon...on the dark side of…
I'll be there So no one told you life was gonna be this…
I'll Come Callin' I can hear the church bells ring, from your garden…
If Not For Misery I've done my best to help you understand A part of…
Ill be there So no one told you life was gonna be this…
In The Back Of Your Mind Well, she would never say she loved me But this I…
Johnny Have You Seen Her Johnny have you seen her-She was headed out this way And…
Just the Way It Is Baby Do you remember once upon a time When you were mine The…
Just the Way It Is, Baby Do you remember once upon a time, when you were…
Long Walk Back I got my things together and on a wing I…
Long Way to Go You're so young-Do you know...how I feel, since you've been…
Lost Together You always said to listen to your heart-Maybe you were…
Lovin' Me Insane Somebody wake me up-somebody talk me down Somebody help me …
Maybe Tomorrow I tried to win your heart-that's when I lost my…
My Own Way You've got to learn how to leave me be, for…
New King I want it back the way it used to be Now…
One Horse Town All that's left are the movies, and we've seen them…
One of Us Too late, I spoke too soon...on the dark side of…
Other Side of Night No spell that I could cast would ever bring you…
Out Of Time A taxi waits for no one in another place It waits…
Rollin' Down The Hill You ask me where we're goin'-Well I don't know Let's just…
Save Me I'm all alone, when the sun, goes down What I wouldn't…
Show Me Your Love I've been down, this road before I don't think I'm comin'…
Some Other World Where are you now? Is it some place warm and shining? With…
Someone We've been together now for such a long time Through every…
St. Paul St. Paul in the winter-Kids are crying for their dinner Quic…
Summertime I see the world pass by, dressed in their winter…
Sweet Virginia Now is time-the time is now, for you to see In…
that's just the way it is Do you remember once upon a time When you were mine The…
The Deepest End Here I go, trustin' someone new After all that I've been…
The Other Side Of Night No spell that I could cast would ever bring you…
The Way She Smiles Seems these days, everybody's lost their way There are battl…
There Goes Lucy Oh, I see a fallen angel, out my bedroom window And…
This Close To Heaven Sittin' on the porch as the rain comes down I'm a…
This House Is Not a Home Now they say a man, ain't supposed to cry Then why…
Tomorrow's Mine When the tide, comes rollin' in I will tie these logs…
Too Late I kept you out past five, when we talk, we…
Waiting To Be Opened So you've loved and you've lost You won't take another chanc…
What Will It Take These days, flyin' off an empty page Lonely-forever somethi…
Wishin' Well Well, I don't think about anything too much I don't worry…
You are the One So no one told you life was gonna be this…


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