- Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer
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"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" Single by Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes from the album Gideon B-side "Gideon Tanner" Released March 1980 Genre Country Length 3:39 Label United Artists Writer(s) Kim Carnes
David EllingsonProducer Larry Butler Kenny Rogers singles chronology "Coward of the County"
(1979)"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"
(1980)"Love the World Away"
(1980)"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" is the title of a song written by David Ellingson and Kim Carnes and recorded by Kenny Rogers and Carnes as a duet. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from Rogers' album Gideon. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Chart performance
Chart (1980) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 Canadian RPM Top Singles 3 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1 New Zealand Singles Chart 31 Australian Singles Chart 38 Preceded by
"The Way I Am"
by Merle HaggardRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
May 31-June 21, 1980Succeeded by
"Trying to Love Two Women"
by The Oak Ridge BoysReferences
Categories:- 1980 singles
- Kenny Rogers songs
- Kim Carnes songs
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by Kim Carnes
- Vocal duets
- RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Songs produced by Larry Butler (producer)
- 1980s country song stubs
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