The lyrics for Everybody Needs a Best Friend were by an American.
`` 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 . Seth Woodbury MacFarlane ( [ ˈsɛθ_ˈwʊdbɛri_məkˈfɑrlɪn ] born October 26 , 1973 ) is an American actor , filmmaker , and singer , working primarily in animation and comedy , as well as live-action and other genres .