"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" is a song from the 2012 feature film Ted, with music composed by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane.
[3][4] The song’s opening verse was repurposed as the title theme in the Ted prequel series, which premiered in 2024.
Seth MacFarlane had sent Walter Murphy the script of Ted and said, "first of all, he wanted an old-fashioned score that would have themes for the individual characters.
Murphy flew to New York City with the Pro Tools files of the work they did on the scoring stage at Fox with a big band and string orchestra.
[7] Seth MacFarlane performed the song in August 2014 at the Hollywood Bowl during a John Williams concert.