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)
ReleasedJune 1972 (original)
December 1972 (1972) (reissue)
GenreSoft rock[1]
LabelBig Tree Records
Songwriter(s)Roland Kent LaVoie (Lobo)
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)

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
  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1997-07-22). "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S9dJbPCp4k
  4. https://www.discogs.com/Wayne-Wade-I-Love-You-Too-Much/release/685305
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