Love or Let Me Be Lonely

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"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
Love or Let Me Be Lonely by Friends of Distinction US single side-A.png
Side A of the US single
Single by The Friends of Distinction
from the album Real Friends [1]
B-side "This Generation"
ReleasedMarch 1970
Genre Pop, R&B
Length3:14
Label RCA Victor 74-0319
Songwriter(s) Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters, Anita Poree
The Friends of Distinction singles chronology
"Going in Circles/Let Yourself Go"
(1969)
"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
(1970)
"Time Waits For No One"
(1970)

"Love or Let Me Be Lonely" is a pop song recorded by the soul group The Friends of Distinction and released as a single in early 1970. The song was a multi-format success, peaking in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at #6 [2] on May 1, 1970 and at #13 on the R&B chart. [3] On the Adult Contemporary singles charts, "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" went to #9. [4] The song is ranked as the 63rd biggest hit of 1970. [5]

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Chart performance

Paul Davis version

The song returned to the charts in the summer of 1982 in a version by Paul Davis, which reached number 40 on the Hot 100 [12] and number 11 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. This would go on to be Davis's final single he released. [13]

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [14] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [15] 40
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 41

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