The song from that particular Heineken commercial is Just a Friend, by rapper Biz Markie.
About Just A Friend
Just a Friend is a comedic hip-hop track, released in 1989. It became Biz Markie's most successful hit by reaching number nine in the US Billboard Charts.
The song was used for a Heineken beer commercial, which shows a group of young friends who start singing along to it in a taxi. The commercial then shows the taxi driver turn up the radio and start singing himself.
Just a Friend borrows the basic chord and melody from the 1968 hit You Got What I Need, written by the late singer/songwriter Freddie Scott.
Biz Markie’s Just a Friend was included in VH1’S 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders in 2000, where it came in at number 81.
About Just A Friend
Just a Friend is a comedic hip-hop track, released in 1989. It became Biz Markie's most successful hit by reaching number nine in the US Billboard Charts.
The song was used for a Heineken beer commercial, which shows a group of young friends who start singing along to it in a taxi. The commercial then shows the taxi driver turn up the radio and start singing himself.
Just a Friend borrows the basic chord and melody from the 1968 hit You Got What I Need, written by the late singer/songwriter Freddie Scott.
Biz Markie’s Just a Friend was included in VH1’S 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders in 2000, where it came in at number 81.
