B.B.B.F.F.

B.B.B.F.F. (Big Brother Best Friend Forever) is a song that is featured in the episode A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1. Twilight Sparkle first sings it when she explains to her friends that her brother, Shining Armor, was the only pony she trusted as a friend before she was sent to Ponyville. Later in the episode, when she was afraid she had "lost a brother" because of an argument, she sings a somber, much shorter reprise. The song is notable in being Twilight's first solo song. Meghan McCarthy, the lyrics writer, stated that she was inspired by the relationship her daughter has with her older brother.

This song is BMI Work #14903596.

Development
The song's composer, Daniel Ingram, used a cadence known as a "deceptive cadence" rather than an "authentic cadence" to finish the reprise as an "inside joke". The non-reprisal version ends on an authentic cadence, D flat major, rather than a deceptive one (B minor). In a (now deleted) tweet, Daniel Ingram mentions that Rebecca Shoichet was lightly autotuned to produce a "harmonizing effect."

Lyrics

 * [Twilight Sparkle]


 * When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
 * To see how many other ponies I could meet
 * I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need
 * Other ponies to make my life complete


 * But there was one colt that I cared for
 * I knew he would be there for me


 * My big brother, best friend forever!
 * Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together


 * He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
 * We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
 * We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams
 * I miss him more than I realized
 * It seems...


 * [Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity]
 * Your big brother, best friend forever
 * Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together


 * [Twilight Sparkle]
 * And though he's, oh, so far away
 * I hoped that he would stay
 * My big brother best friend
 * Forever...
 * Forever...

Reprise

 * [Twilight Sparkle]


 * He was my big brother, best friend
 * Forever...
 * And now, we'll never do anything
 * Together...