Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer

"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"
"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, soft rock
Length	3:39
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Kim Carnes; David Ellingson;
Producer(s)	Larry Butler; Kenny Rogers;
Kenny Rogers singles chronology

"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" is 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. It was also recorded in Spanish as "No Te Enamores De Un Loco". The song was the only single from the album Gideon.

Background[]

While recording the song in Nashville, Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes sang facing each other with live musicians while Carnes had to improvise singing the melody in a different key^[2] than she had prepared to do when she came to the studio.

Chart performance[]

The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[3] and No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[4]

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	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

Year-end chart (1980)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[8]	31

References[]

^ "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "Don't Fall In Love with a Dreamer - Chicken Soup for the Soul".
^ Kenny Rogers Billboard Singles
^ RPM Country Tracks
^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 92 no. 51. December 20, 1980. p. TIA-10. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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[1] "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[2] "Don't Fall In Love with a Dreamer - Chicken Soup for the Soul".

[3] Kenny Rogers Billboard Singles

[4] RPM Country Tracks

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Kenny_Rogers-5] "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Kenny_Rogers-6] "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Kenny_Rogers-7] "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

[8] "1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 92 no. 51. December 20, 1980. p. TIA-10. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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