Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" is a song recorded by Lobo and released as a single in 1972. He wrote the song, which appears on his album Of A Simple Man. The single peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the third of four of his songs to hit #1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a two-week stay at that top spot in February 1973.[2]
| "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Lobo | ||||
| from the album Of A Simple Man | ||||
| A-side | "A Simple Man" (original) | |||
| B-side | "A Big Red Kite" (reissue) | |||
| Released | June 1972 (original) December 1972 (reissue) | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Label | Big Tree Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roland Kent LaVoie (Lobo) | |||
| Lobo singles chronology | ||||
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Jamaican reggae singer Wayne Wade also recorded a reggae-tinged cover of this song, retitled "I love you too much", in 1991.[3][4]
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)
References
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1997-07-22). "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S9dJbPCp4k
- https://www.discogs.com/Wayne-Wade-I-Love-You-Too-Much/release/685305
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