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1972 single by Lobo
"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"
Single by Lobo
from the album Of A Simple Man
B-side
  • "A Big Red Kite"
  • "Running Deer" (Japan)
Released
  • June 1972 (1972-06) (original)
  • December 16, 1972 (1972-12-16) (reissue)
GenreSoft rock
Label
Songwriter(s)Kent LaVoie
Producer(s)
Lobo singles chronology
"I'd Love You to Want Me"
(1972) 		"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"
(1972) 		"It Sure Took a Long, Long Time"
(1973)

"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" is a song written and recorded by American singer Lobo that appears on his album Of a Simple Man. Released in 1972, the single peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was his third of four songs to top the Billboard Easy Listening chart, where it had a two-week stay at No. 1. Internationally, it peaked at No. 4 in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Track listings

Standard 7-inch single

A. "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" – 3:33
B. "A Big Red Kite" – 4:02

Japanese 7-inch single

A. "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" – 3:38
B. "Running Deer" – 3:25

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–1973) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 4
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 4
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 3
New Zealand (Listener) 4
US Billboard Hot 100 8
US Cashbox Top 100 4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 53
US Billboard Hot 100 87

Cover versions

  • Jamaican reggae singer Wayne Wade also recorded a reggae-tinged cover of this song, retitled "I Love You Too Much", in 1991.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Lobo – Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (July 22, 1997). "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
  4. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Lobo. Big Tree Records. 1972. BT 158.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend (Japanese 7-inch single vinyl disc). Lobo. Philips Records. 1973. SFL-1786.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5297." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  8. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5301." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  9. "NZ Listener chart statistics for Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  10. "Lobo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  11. "Cashbox Top 100 Singles: February 17, 1973". Cashbox. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  12. "Lobo Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. "Top 100 Singles of '93". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  14. "Billboard Top 100 – 1973". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  15. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Wayne Wade - I Love You Too Much [Best Quality]. YouTube.
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