Don't Ask Me to Be Friends

"Don't Ask Me to Be Friends"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side "No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile"
Released 1962
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Pop music
Length 2:27
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Gerry Goffin & Jack Keller[1]
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail"
(1962)
"Don't Ask Me to Be Friends"
(1962)
"Nancy's Minuet"
(1963)

"Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller, which was released in 1962 by The Everly Brothers. The song spent 7 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 48,[2] while reaching No. 16 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart.[3][4]

The song was covered by Cliff Richard for his 1970 album Tracks 'n Grooves.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 48
US Billboard - Middle-Road Singles 16

References

  1. Don't Ask Me to Be Friends - By: The Everly Brothers, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 10, 2015
  2. The Everly Brothers - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 10, 2015
  3. The Everly Brothers - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 10, 2015
  4. "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, November 17, 1962. p. 38
  5. Cliff Richard – Tracks 'N Grooves, Discogs.com. Accessed August 12, 2015


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