--- title: Friends 20th Anniversary: Colbie Caillat Sings Smelly Cat at Central Perk description: Colbie Callait performs Smelly Cat song from Friends at Central Perk canonical: https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-06T16:14:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:36.397Z og:title: Watch Colbie Caillat Sing "Smelly Cat" from Friends og:description: At Central Perk, pop-up coffee shop and promo for the sitcom's 20th anniversary og:url: https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Colbie Caillat Sing "Smelly Cat" from Friends twitter:description: At Central Perk, pop-up coffee shop and promo for the sitcom's 20th anniversary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Colbie Caillat Sing 'Smelly Cat' from _Friends_ at Central Perk  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2014 4:14 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2014 4:14 PM UTC Music star Colbie Caillat serenaded _Friends_ fans with her rendition of “Smelly Cat,” originally sung by Lisa Kudrow’s character on the show_,_ over the weekend at Central Perk, a pop-up coffee shop in New York City set up as a promotion for the sitcom’s 20th anniversary. Here is the original for comparison: **MORE:** [20 Years Later: Which _Friends_ Cast Members Came Out on Top?](http://time.com/3399544/friends-20-years-anniversary-cast/) **MORE:** [Central Perk From _Friends_ Is Now a Real Place, and Gunther Is There](http://time.com/3386614/friends-20th-anniversary-central-perk/) **LIST:** [10 Ways _Friends_ Gave You Unrealistic Expectations for Your Twenties](http://time.com/88806/friends-10th-anniversary-unrealistic/) Friends 20th Anniversary: Colbie Caillat Sings Smelly Cat at Central Perk ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/"},"headline":"Watch Colbie Caillat Sing 'Smelly Cat' from Friends at Central Perk","datePublished":"2014-10-06T16:14:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:36.397Z","description":"A promo for the hit sitcom's 20th anniversary","url":"https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/","name":"Watch Colbie Caillat Sing 'Smelly Cat' from Friends at Central Perk"}}]}] ```