Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend

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"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
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.

Contents

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

See also

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