- Daytime Friends (song)
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"Daytime Friends" Single by Kenny Rogers from the album Daytime Friends B-side "We Don't Make Love Anymore" Released August 1, 1977 Genre Country Length 3:10 Label United Artists Writer(s) Ben Peters Producer Larry Butler Kenny Rogers singles chronology "Lucille"
(1977)"Daytime Friends"
(1977)"Sweet Music Man"
(1977)"Daytime Friends" is the title of a song written by Ben Peters and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in August 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name, 1977 album and was written by Ben Peters. "Daytime Friends" was Kenny Rogers' second number one country hit as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart [1]. In 2002, the song was covered Irish pop group Westlife.
Content
The song is a mid-tempo, about two cheating people who are friends during the day but have an extramarital affair at night.
Chart performance
Chart (1977) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 28 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 Canadian RPM Top Singles 21 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1 New Zealand Singles Chart 16 U.K. Singles Chart 39[2] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 298.
- ^ Kenny Rogers UK Charts history, The Official Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
Preceded by
"I've Already Loved You in My Mind"
by Conway TwittyBillboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
October 1, 1977Succeeded by
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"
by The KendallsPreceded by
"Christopher Mary"
by Burton & HoneymanRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
October 15-October 22, 1977Studio albums Love Lifted Me · Kenny Rogers · Daytime Friends · Love or Something Like It · The Gambler · Kenny · Gideon · Share Your Love · Love Will Turn You Around · We've Got Tonight · Eyes That See in the Dark · The Heart of the Matter · Love Is What We Make It · They Don't Make Them Like They Used To · I Prefer the Moonlight · Something Inside So Strong · Love Is Strange · Back Home Again · If Only My Heart Had a Voice · Vote for Love · Across My Heart · She Rides Wild Horses · There You Go Again · Back to the Well · Water & Bridges · The Love of GodCollaboration albums Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) · Classics (with Dottie West) · What About Me? (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) · Timepiece (with David Foster)Christmas albums Christmas · Once Upon a Christmas · Christmas in America · The Gift · Christmas from the Heart · Christmas with Kenny · Christmas CollectionNotable singles "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" · "But You Know I Love You" · "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" · "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" · "Lucille" · "Daytime Friends" · "Sweet Music Man" · "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) · "Love or Something Like It" · "The Gambler" · "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) · "She Believes in Me" · "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) · "You Decorated My Life" · "Coward of the County" · "Lady" · "I Don't Need You" · "Share Your Love with Me" · "Through the Years" · "Love Will Turn You Around" · "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) · "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) · "Together Again" (with Dottie West) · "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) · "Crazy" · "Morning Desire" · "Goodbye Marie" · "Tomb of the Unknown Love" · "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" · "I Don't Call Him Daddy" · "Love Is Strange" · "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean)Related articles Westlife Nicky Byrne · Kian Egan · Mark Feehily · Shane Filan · Brian McFadden
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WestlifeWestlife (1999-2000) "Swear It Again" · "If I Let You Go" · "Flying Without Wings" · "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" · "Fool Again"Coast to Coast (2000-2001) "Against All Odds" · "My Love" · "What Makes a Man" · "I Lay My Love on You" · "Uptown Girl" · "When You're Looking Like That"World of Our Own (2001-2002) Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002-2003) Turnaround (2003-2004) Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) Face to Face (2005-2006) The Love Album (2006) "The Rose"Back Home (2007-2008) Where We Are (2009) Gravity (2010) "Safe"Greatest Hits (2011) "Lighthouse"Categories:- Kenny Rogers songs
- 1977 singles
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Westlife songs
- RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Songs written by Ben Peters
- Songs produced by Larry Butler (producer)
- 1970s country song stubs
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