"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)[1]
GenreSoft rock[2]
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.[3] Internationally, it peaked at No. 4 in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Track listings

Standard 7-inch single[1][4]

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

Japanese 7-inch single[5]

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

Charts

Cover versions

  • Jamaican reggae singer Wayne Wade also recorded a reggae-tinged cover of this song, retitled "I Love You Too Much", in 1991.[15]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 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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