Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend explained

Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
Type:	single
Artist:	Lobo
Album:	Of A Simple Man
B-Side:	"A Big Red Kite" "Running Deer" (Japan)
Released:	(original) (reissue)^[1]
Genre:	Soft rock^[2]
Label:	Big Tree Philips (Japan)
Producer:	Phil Gernhard Billy Aerts
Prev Title:	I'd Love You to Want Me
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	It Sure Took a Long, Long Time
Next Year:	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.

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	4
New Zealand (Listener)^[7]	4
US Cashbox Top 100^[8]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[9]	53
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	87

Cover versions

• Jamaican reggae singer Wayne Wade also recorded a reggae-tinged cover of this song, retitled "I Love You Too Much", in 1991.^[11]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian-charts.com – Lobo – Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Top 50 Singles. September 15, 2020.
2. Web site: Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 – Various Artists Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. AllMusic. July 22, 1997. March 4, 2014.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn. 2002. Record Research. 148.
4. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Lobo. 1972. US 7-inch single vinyl disc. Big Tree Records. BT 158.
5. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Lobo. 1973. Japanese 7-inch single vinyl disc. Philips Records. SFL-1786.
6. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
7. Web site: NZ Listener chart statistics for Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend. flavourofnz.co.nz. September 15, 2020.
8. Web site: Cashbox Top 100 Singles: February 17, 1973. Cashbox. April 27, 2022. October 2, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081856/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19730217.html. dead.
9. Top 100 Singles of '93. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 15, 2020.
10. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1973. Billboardtop100of.com. September 15, 2020.
11. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Wayne Wade - I Love You Too Much [Best Quality] ]. YouTube.