Love or Let Me Be Lonely

"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
Single by The Friends of Distinction
from the album Real Friends
B-side "This Generation"
Released 1970
Format 7" single
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3:14
Label RCA Victor 74-0319
Writer(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 and at #13 on the R&B chart.[1] On the Adult Contemporary singles charts, "Love or Let Me Lonely" went to #9.[2] The song is ranked as the 63rd biggest hit of 1970.[3]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. R&B 13
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 9
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 8
Canadian RPM [4] 2
Australia 55

End of year charts

End of year chart (1970) Position
U.S. Billboard [5] 63
U.S. Cash Box [6] 55
Canada [7] 35

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 and number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[8]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 40
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 41

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 219.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 98.
  3. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5065&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=ucnrb0lutrsjqmjb6dfhhtit72
  5. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm
  6. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html
  7. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5065&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=ucnrb0lutrsjqmjb6dfhhtit72
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 72.