levipatrick - I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
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Jul 17, 2025 04:29pm
<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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eli" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Bobby Eli</a>, John Freeman and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Barrett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Vinnie Barrett</a>, originally recorded in 1973 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Dyson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Ronnie Dyson</a> and popularized internationally by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">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&B chart. Its flipside was "Point of No Return", a song written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Main Ingredient</a>'s version of the song was released in 1974 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">RCA Victor</a> and reached No.10 in the US, No.8 in US R&B and No.42 in US AC. It reached No.7 in Canada. The recording was arranged by Bert de Coteaux. It became a gold record.</p>