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"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 duet from the album Gideon.

"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[1]
Length	3:39
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Kim Carnes David Ellingson
Producer(s)	Larry Butler Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"Coward of the County" (1979) "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (1980) "Love the World Away" (1980)

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
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5]	38
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[7]	4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8]	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)[9]	31

References

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