Everybody Needs a Best Friend's lyrics were by a Japanese person.
`` 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 . Walter Anthony Murphy , Jr. ( born December 19 , 1952 ) is an American composer , arranger , pianist , musician , songwriter , and record producer .