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<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Just_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_Lonely_-_Ronnie_Dyson.jpg/220px-Just_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_Lonely_-_Ronnie_Dyson.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Just Don't Want to Be Lonely</strong>" is a song written by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eli" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Eli</a>, John Freeman and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Barrett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vinnie Barrett</a>, originally recorded in 1973 by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Dyson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ronnie Dyson</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_Lonely#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a>&nbsp;and popularized internationally by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Main Ingredient</a>. Dyson's version reached No. 60 in the US Pop chart, No. 30 Adult Contemporary, and No. 29 in the US R&amp;B chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_Lonely#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a>&nbsp;Its flipside was "Point of No Return", a song written by Thom Bell &amp; Linda Creed.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Main Ingredient</a>'s version of the song was released in 1974 on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCA Victor</a>&nbsp;and reached No.10 in the US, No.8 in US R&amp;B and No.42 in US AC. It reached No.7 in Canada. The recording was arranged by Bert de Coteaux.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_Lonely#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a>&nbsp;It became a gold record.</p>