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"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.

"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]
Genre	Soft rock[2]
Label	Big Tree Philips (Japan)
Songwriter(s)	Kent LaVoie
Producer(s)	Phil Gernhard Billy Aerts
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)

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

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)

References

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