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"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]

"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"
ReleasedDecember 21, 1984 (1984-12-21)
Genre
  • Synth-pop
  • new wave
Length4:22
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Omartian

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",[2][3] while an instrumental version of the song was on the B-side to another Jermaine Jackson song, "Dynamite".[4][5]

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."[6] As a result, Billboard did not include the song on any "singles" chart. Nor, at the time, did Billboard publish an airplay-only chart.[7] 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]

The song was nominated at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[10]

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.[11]


See also



References


  1. "Jermaine Jackson - Jermaine Jackson - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. "Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do (Remix)". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. Campbell, Lisa D. Michael Jackson: The King of Pop (Branden Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8283-1957-X, page 86)
  7. See "The New Billboard". Billboard. 20 October 1984. pp. 1, 73. The magazine instituted such a chart later in 1984, months after the song's popularity had peaked.
  8. Hot Dance Club Play Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 9, 1984, Billboard.com
  9. "Jacksons captivated JFK Stadium" Michael J. Borza, 7 September 1984, The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  10. "27th Grammy Awards - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (nominees)", Rockonthenet.com
  11. The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 5, 1989, Billboard.com


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