Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends

Name: Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends
Duration: 5 min 12 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:12	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	US1983	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	FC 38924
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	?:??	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	GB1983	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 25697
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:11	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	JP2001-08-22	Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)	SRCS-9852
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:12	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	JP2014-03-26	Dizzare Add, Funky Town Grooves	DIZA-072, FTG 368
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:11	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	AF2014-12-19 AL2014-12-19 (show 201 more) ZW2014-12-19	SMCMG
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:12	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	US2014	Funky Town Grooves	FTG 368
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:10	Billy Griffin	Respect (expanded edition)	Billy Griffin	Album	US2015-12-18	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.5	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends	5:12	Billy Griffin	Respect	Billy Griffin	Album	JP2017-08-23	Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)	SICP-5509

recording engineer and mixer:	Gabe Veltri
synthesizer programming:	John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
assistant engineer:	Gonzalo Espinoza Ric Clifford
producer:	John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
keyboard:	John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
lead vocals:	Billy Griffin
arranger:	John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983)
produced for:	John Barnes Productions, Inc.

recorded at:	Jennifudy Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Spindletop Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:	Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States

recording of:	Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends

writer:	John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay) Billy Griffin Steven A. Williams (soul songwriter)

publisher:	Billy Griffin Music Bubo Music Sony/ATV Harmony ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)