"You and Your Friend" is the sixth track from the 1991 rock album On Every Street by the British rock band Dire Straits.

A live rendition appeared towards the end of the On the Night album and DVD.

[2][3] Mark Knopfler told in interview for Musician: "I just liked the line.

It was a Southern boogie thing about playing in the band.

The song could be just a solitary cry for some kind of support — are you going to come around to my way of thinking?