Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend

"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"
"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 (original); December 16, 1972 (reissue);
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Big Tree; Philips (Japan);
Songwriter(s)	Kent LaVoie
Producer(s)	Phil Gernhard; Billy Aerts;
Lobo singles chronology

"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.

^ "Australian-charts.com – Lobo – Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (July 22, 1997). "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.

[release-1] "Australian-charts.com – Lobo – Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine (July 22, 1997). "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1973 – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.

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Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend

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