![]() ![]() How do I still not know how many claps there are?”Įnter Solem: “I don’t know how many times the question’s been asked. For 27 years! I even wrote a bunch of the lyrics. “Four? Five? I’ve heard that song a million times. “When we were shooting the reunion, Matt LeBlanc asked me how many claps there were, and I didn’t know!” Crane shares. And, they’re not the only ones wondering. Over the years, fans have debated how many claps are in the song. “He and I are two of the clappers,” Bright confirms. That’s the hook!’”Įxecutive producer Kevin Bright says it was all Skloff’s idea. The following afternoon, they played us what we’d done, but had added claps. “But we’d hammered back a couple of beers, were getting loopy and decided to finish the next day. Nor did Solem imagine the song’s iconic claps, noting he and Wilde initially had lyrics in mind. “It went further than we ever imagined,” Solem says. felt it wasn’t chirpy enough and brought Crane and Kauffman back to help write the final version, which was tagged onto “L.P.” “like a hidden track.” The song topped the charts globally and “L.P.” went platinum. The pair completed the song, but Warner Bros. I don’t remember if they recalled them or they ended up in a dustbin, but everything was reconfigured to accommodate this song.” ![]() Seeing dollar signs, the Rembrandts were urged to extend the track into a full song for “L.P.” “We were making a dark, heavier rock album - the antithesis of ‘Friends’ - so we weren’t happy about that,” Solem says. Soon, a Nashville station started playing the 42-second track looped to meet listener demand. Solem was stunned when “Friends” blew up, taking the song skyrocketing with it. – I think it was ‘It’s the End of the World’ – to vibe off, then we replaced it with our own sound.” “They wanted an upbeat tempo and used R.E.M. Willis continued faxing through lyrics, which Solem tweaked. Musical director Michael Skloff had composed a piano melody, while executive producers Marta Kauffman and David Crane and late songwriter Allee Willis had started lyrics. ![]()
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