Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
Lobo
1973
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1972
Release: 1972Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Reviewed original album/single year. Later chart placement and reissues do not reset the first release; exact mix and worldwide day remain unspecified.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed recording credits
Original 1972 Big Tree/Atlantic tracks, LaVoie composition and lead vocal, and Phil Gernhard production for Id Love You to Want Me and Dont Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Later remastering credits do not establish original production roles.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend appears on Lobo's 1972 album Of a Simple Man. The recording credits name Roland Kent LaVoie as the writer and lead vocalist, with Phil Gernhard producing. Its original album release predates the later annual-list appearance and belongs to the same period as I'd Love You to Want Me. Retained list context: Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend by Lobo appears at number 87 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1973. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording and release context; private songwriting inspiration or exact audio identity is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed recording credits
Original 1972 Big Tree/Atlantic tracks, LaVoie composition and lead vocal, and Phil Gernhard production for Id Love You to Want Me and Dont Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Later remastering credits do not establish original production roles. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Billboard year-end 1973 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend by Lobo appears at number 87 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1973. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1973 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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