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"'''Graduation (Friends Forever)'''" (also titled "'''Friends Forever (Graduation)'''") is a song by American [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Vitamin C (singer)|Vitamin C]], released as the third single from her [[Vitamin C (album)|self-titled debut studio album]] (1999) and is the final song on the record. Vitamin C wrote the song as a response to how many friends drift apart soon after graduation from [[secondary school|high school]]. Josh Deutsch co-wrote the song with her and also produced the track alongside Garry Hughes. The song is partly orchestrated, featuring a string arrangement based on
Following its release in March 2000, "Graduation" charted in several countries. It reached the top 10 in Canada and Ireland and peaked at number two in Australia, where the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) awarded the song a platinum sales [[music recording certification|certification]]. In the United States, it reached number 38 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], becoming Vitamin C's second top-50 hit on this chart. The music video, directed by [[Gregory Dark]], features Vitamin C in a school building while a blonde girl attempts to speak with her crush before the end of the day.
The song was sampled in the 2019 song "[[Graduation (Benny Blanco and Juice Wrld song)|Graduation]]" by [[Benny Blanco]] and [[Juice Wrld]]. A new version of the song, titled "Graduation 2020 (Worst Year Ever)", was recorded in 2020 as a reflection on the year with regard to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. This version, created by Vizzy Hard Seltzer and Canadian advertising agency [[Rethink Communications]], contains newly recorded lyrics from Vitamin C, who donated her appearance fee to several charitable organizations.
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