As Danny Wilde told Independent, he and Phil Solem were initially thrilled to sing the "Friends" theme song. When the sitcom became popular, though, they discovered that a lot of their fans were unhappy. "I think we lost a lot of our original fans at that point," Wilde explained, "and many people stopped taking us seriously."
Wilde recalled being surprised to hear the song on the radio just a week after its release, via Catch News. The Rembrandt's record label then asked the duo to finish the 40-second song. From there, the record label insisted that the single be added to the duo's LP, released in 1995. "We felt that the song went against the more serious, alternative vibe of the album," Wilde told Independent. "It sounded like nothing else we had done." On the other hand, Wilde admitted that he changed his tune when he saw how much money it brought in. "Mind you, we stopped complaining when we saw the sales figures," he confessed.
While the Rembrandts ultimately broke up in 1997 as a result of their experience with "I'll Be There," the band members seem to be doing well. "Let's just say I'm not going to retire on it, but I've managed to put both my kids through college," Wilde said to Independent. BuzzLearn reports that Wilde may have a net worth between $1 and 3 million, and People AI estimates that Solem's net worth may be about $3 million.
