Love or Let Me Be Lonely

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "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 at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 1, 1970.[1] It also reached #13 on the R&B chart,[2] and #9 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.[3] The song is ranked as No. 63 on the Hot 100 singles of 1970.[4]

The song was written by Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters and Anita Poree. The Friends of Distinction version features Charlene Gibson singing the lead vocals. In the lyrics, the singer is unsure of her future with her love interest. She wants a full commitment; either love her fully or she'd rather be lonely. "Part time love, I can find any day," she sings.[5]

Chart performance

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Paul Davis version

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The song returned to the charts in the summer of 1982 in a version by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the third and final single from his 1981 album Cool Night (Davis' seventh, final, and breakthrough album). Davis' version of "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" reached number 40 on the Hot 100.[12] It hit number 11 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.

This would be Davis' final single as the lead artist and last single overall for five years until he was featured on Marie Osmond's "You're Still New to Me", Davis would retire from music altogether in 1988 and died in 2008.[13] As with all tracks on Cool Night, Davis' version was co-produced by Davis himself and keyboardist Ed Seay.

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[14] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 40
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 41

Sylvie Vartan version (in French)

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In August 1970, the song was adapted into French as "La chasse à l'homme" (meaning "The manhunt") by Gilles Thibault and recorded by French pop singer Sylvie Vartan, who released her version as a non-album single, 5 months after the release of the original Friends of Distinction version.[16][17] Vartan's version peaked at Number 17 on the French Belgian charts on October 24, 1970.[18]

Charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[19] 17

References

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  1. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - Template:ISBN
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  5. ↑ YouTube.com "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" by The Friends of Distinction. Retrieved Oct. 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - Template:ISBN
  7. ↑ Billboard Adult Contemporary, April 18, 1970
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  12. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - Template:ISBN
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  14. ↑ RPM Adult Contemporary, August 28, 1982
  15. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - Template:ISBN
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External links

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