Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)

"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
Side-B label of the single "Do What You Do"
Song by Jermaine Jackson featuring Michael Jackson
from the album Jermaine Jackson
A-side	"Do What You Do"
Released	December 21, 1984 (1984-12-21)
Genre	Synthpop new wave
Length	4:22
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Michael Omartian Bruce Sudano Jay Gruska
Producer(s)	Michael Omartian

"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" is a song by Jermaine Jackson featuring his younger brother Michael Jackson, taken from Jermaine Jackson's eponymous album. Jason Elias of Allmusic called this song "percolating and infectious."^[1]

Background[]

The song was nominated at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.^[2] The vocal version of "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'" was on the B-side to both the 7" and 12" versions of Jermaine Jackson's single, "Do What You Do",^[3]^[4] while an instrumental version of the song was on the B-side to another Jermaine Jackson song, "Dynamite".^[5]^[6]

In her 1993 book Michael Jackson: The King of Pop, author Lisa D. Campbell states that "although it was never officially released as a single because of legal difficulties between Michael's label, Epic, and Jermaine's label, Arista, the song did receive a lot of airplay."^[7] As a result, Billboard at the time could not show the song on any "single" chart. Billboard had not yet begun publishing the airplay chart on which it would have registered.^{[clarification needed]} The song, however, did register on Radio and Records' Top 40 chart, a chart based solely on airplay, peaking at No. 6 in June 1984. The song was most successful on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent three weeks at No. 1 that same June.^[8] The song was performed as a medley with some of Jermaine Jackson's other solo hits ("Let's Get Serious" and "Dynamite") on the Jacksons' 1984 "Victory Tour".^[9]

In 1988, Robert Palmer covered the song on his album, Heavy Nova. It was released as a single in June 1989 and reached #60 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[10]

References[]

^ "Jermaine Jackson - Jermaine Jackson - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "27th Grammy Awards - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (nominees)", Rockonthenet.com
^ "Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do (Remix)". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ Campbell, Lisa D. Michael Jackson: The King of Pop (Branden Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8283-1957-X, page 86)
^ Hot Dance Club Play Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 9, 1984, Billboard.com
^ "Jacksons captivated JFK Stadium" Michael J. Borza, 7 September 1984, The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
^ The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 5, 1989, Billboard.com

show v t Michael Jackson songs
Singles Songs
1970s	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Doggin' Around" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "It's the Falling in Love"
1980s	"Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "One Day in Your Life" "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Farewell My Summer Love" "Girl You're So Together" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"
1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Mind Is the Magic" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"
Other	"We Are the World" "What More Can I Give/Todo Para Ti" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "She's Trouble" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"Ease on Down the Road" "A Brand New Day" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)" "All Eyez on Me" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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Discography Production discography
Studio albums	Jermaine (1972) Come into My Life My Name Is Jermaine Feel the Fire Frontiers Let's Get Serious Jermaine (1980) I Like Your Style Let Me Tickle Your Fancy Jermaine Jackson/Dynamite Precious Moments Don't Take It Personal You Said I Wish You L.O.V.E
Singles	"Daddy's Home" "Castles of Sand" "Let's Get Serious" "You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me" "Little Girl Don't You Worry" "You Like Me Don't You" "I'm Just Too Shy" "Paradise in Your Eyes" "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" "Very Special Part" "Dynamite" "Do What You Do" "When the Rain Begins to Fall" "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" "Don't Take It Personal" "Word to the Badd!!"
Other songs	"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
Bibliography	You Are Not Alone
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show v t Robert Palmer
Studio albums	Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974) Pressure Drop (1975) Some People Can Do What They Like (1976) Double Fun (1978) Secrets (1979) Clues (1980) Pride (1983) Riptide (1985) Heavy Nova (1988) Don't Explain (1990) Ridin' High (1992) Honey (1994) Rhythm & Blues (1999) Drive (2003)
Live albums	Maybe It's Live (1982) Live at the Apollo (2001) At the BBC (2010)
Compilations	Addictions: Volume 1 (1989) Addictions: Volume 2 (1992) Very Best of Robert Palmer (1995) Woke Up Laughing (1998) 20th Century Masters (1999)
Singles	"Give Me an Inch" "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" "Every Kinda People" "Best of Both Worlds" "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" "Can We Still Be Friends" "Not a Second Time" "Johnny and Mary" "Looking for Clues" "Some Guys Have All the Luck" "You Are in My System" "You Can Have It (Take My Heart)" "Discipline of Love" "Addicted to Love" "Hyperactive" "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" "Sweet Lies" "Simply Irresistible" "Early in the Morning" "She Makes My Day" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Change His Ways" "It Could Happen to You" "Life in Detail" "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" "You're Amazing" " Mercy Mercy Me" / "I Want You" "Happiness" "Witchcraft" "Girl U Want" "Know by Now" "You Blow Me Away" "Respect Yourself" "True Love"
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