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Friendship is the only studio album by the American jazz fusion band Friendship, released in 1979 by Elektra Records. It is best known for its track, “Let’s Not Talk About It”, written by Don Grusin and Lee Ritenour, which baseline functioned as the inspiration for the underground theme in the 1985 Nintendo game, Super Mario Bros. The other band members were Abraham Laboriel (bass), Alex Acuña (drums), Ernie Watts (saxophones, piccolo), and Steve Foreman (percussion).

Track listing
Side one
1. “Bullet Train” – 5:23
Ernie Watts, Lee Ritenour
2. “Tighten Up” – 5:10
Watts
3. “The Situation” – 4:30
Don GrusinRitenour
4. “Let’s Not Talk About It” – 4:53
Grusin, Ritenour

Side two
1. “Here Today Hear Tomorrow” – 5:20
Abraham Laboriel
2. “Waterwings” – 6:53
Grusin
3. “The Real Thing” – 5:56
Grusin

Personnel
Alex Acuña – drums
Ernie Watts – saxophones, piccolo
Don Grusin – Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel – bass
Steve Foreman – percussion
Lee Ritenour – Acoustic guitars, electric guitars

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Released: 1979
Studios: Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, California
Length: 38:05
Label: Elektra
Producers: Lee Ritenour, Don Grusin