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`` 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 MacFarlane	Seth MacFarlane	Walter Murphy	Walter Murphy	Ted	Ted (film)
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane -LRB- -LSB- s_wdbri_mkfrln -RSB- born October 26 , 1973 -RRB- is an American actor , filmmaker , and singer , working primarily in animation and comedy , as well as live-action and other genres .
