Lied für einen Freund

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Germany Lied für einen Freund
artist = Maxi & Chris Garden
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year = 1988
country = Germany
language = German
languages =
composer = Ralph Siegel
lyricist = Bernd Meinunger
conductor = Michael Thatcher
place = 14
points = 41
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points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1988de from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Laß Die Sonne In Dein Herz
prev_link = Laß Die Sonne In Dein Herz
next = Flieger
next_link = Flieger

Lied Für Einen Freund (English translation: "Song For A Friend") was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in German by Maxi & Chris Garden.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Ireland's Jump The Gun with Take Him Home and preceding Austria's Wilfried with Lisa Mona Lisa). At the close of voting, it had received 48 points, placing 14th in a field of 21.

The song - written and composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger - is a piano-led ballad, with the duo dedicating a "simple and plainspoken" song to a friend - as these are the qualities that he has as well.

It was succeeded as German representative at the 1989 Contest by Nino de Angelo with Flieger.