| B.B.B.F.F. | |
|---|---|
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| Episode | A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 |
| Character(s) | Twilight Sparkle Backup: Pinkie Pie Applejack Rainbow Dash Rarity Fluttershy |
| Sung by | Rebecca Shoichet Backup: Shannon Chan-Kent Ashleigh Ball Kazumi Evans Andrea Libman |
| Music by | Daniel Ingram Steffan Andrews (orchestration) |
| Lyrics by | Meghan McCarthy |
| Length | 1:35 |
| Album | Songs of Friendship and Magic |
| Season | Season 2 |
| Transcript | A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 |
| BMI Work No. | 14903596 |
| Key signature | D♭ major |
| International versions | |
B.B.B.F.F.[1][2] (Big Brother Best Friend Forever) is a song that is featured in the episode A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1. Twilight Sparkle first sings it when she explains to her friends that her brother, Shining Armor, was the only pony she trusted as a friend before she was sent to Ponyville. Later in the episode, when she was afraid she had "lost a brother" because of an argument, she sings a somber, much shorter reprise. The song is notable in being Twilight's first solo song. Meghan McCarthy stated that she was inspired by the relationship her daughter has with her older brother.[3]
Production and re-use
The song's composer, Daniel Ingram, used a cadence known as a "deceptive cadence" rather than an "authentic cadence" to finish the reprise as an "inside joke".[4] The non-reprisal version ends on an authentic cadence, D flat major, rather than a deceptive one (B flat minor). In a (now deleted) tweet, Daniel Ingram mentions that Rebecca Shoichet was lightly autotuned to produce a "harmonizing effect."
This song is the ninth track on the Songs of Friendship and Magic soundtrack album, although the liner notes miscredit this song as appearing in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, and where its lyrics would appear in the booklet, the lyrics to This Day Aria, Part 1 are listed instead. It also serves as the fifth track on the My Little Pony 2015 Convention Collection.
Lyrics
- [Twilight Sparkle]
- When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
- To see how many other ponies I could meet
- I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need
- Other ponies to make my life complete
- But there was one colt that I cared for
- I knew he would be there for me
- My big brother best friend forever
- Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together
- He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
- We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
- We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams
- I miss him more than I realized
- It seems...
- [Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity]
- Your big brother best friend forever
- Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together
- [Twilight Sparkle]
- And though he's oh so far away
- I hoped that he would stay
- My big brother best friend
- Forever...
- Forever...
Reprise
| B.B.B.F.F. (Reprise) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Episode | A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 |
| Character(s) | Twilight Sparkle |
| Sung by | Rebecca Shoichet |
| Music by | Daniel Ingram Steffan Andrews (orchestration) |
| Lyrics by | Meghan McCarthy |
| Length | 0:18 |
| Season | Season 2 |
| Transcript | A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 |
| Key signature | D♭ major |
| International versions | |
- [Twilight Sparkle]
- He was my big brother best friend
- Forever...
- And now, we'll never do anything
- Together...
Other versions
References
- ↑ Daniel Ingram stating the names for Season Finale songs. (2012-04-21). Retrieved on 2012 April 22.
- ↑ Daniel Ingram correcting the title's punctuation. (2012-05-11). Retrieved on 2012 May 11.
- ↑ My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic visits Comic-Con International. Access Hasbro. Retrieved on 2012 July 17.
- ↑ Daniel Ingram (2012-04-22). Ingram responding to an inquiry about B.B.B.F.F.. Retrieved on 2012 April 22.