Watch James Taylor sing "You've Got a Friend" to Paris

(Image credit: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for James Taylor)

Secretary of State John Kerry missed the Paris unity march, but after the Charlie Hebdo attacks and multiple hostage situations, he wants France to know they've got a friend in him.

Kerry recruited longtime friend James Taylor, who was in Paris promoting a European tour, to sing "You've Got a Friend," a song he popularized, to French officials.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.