You Need A Friend is a song from the Rutles album Rutles For Sale It was attributed to Nasty-McQickly. The Rutles performed You Need A Friend for Leggy Mountbatten backstage, because they thought it could be a single. Both Dirk and Stig have spoken fondly of the song, Stig even stated it was one of his favorites. There are rumors the song is about Leggy Mountbatten