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

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


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Artist = Jermaine Jackson (duet with Michael Jackson)
Album = Jermaine Jackson
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Released = 1984
Format = 7", 12"
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Genre = R&B, Dance-pop
Length = 4:22
Label = Arista Records
Writer = Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano
Producer = Michael Omartian
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"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" is the title of a duet featuring American brothers Jermaine and Michael Jackson, taken from Jermaine Jackson's 1984 album (see 1984 in music), which was called "Jermaine Jackson" in the U.S. and "Dynamite" in the U.K. and other countries. The song was nominated at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

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", [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1256411 "Do What You Do" 7" release info at discogs.com] ] [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1230363 "Do What You Do" 12" release info at discogs.com] ] while an instrumental version of the song was on the B-side to another Jermaine Jackson song, "Dynamite". [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1070769 "Dynamite" 7" release info at discogs.com] ] [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1062034 "Dynamite" 12" release info at discogs.com] ] 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." [Campbell, Lisa D. "Michael Jackson: The King of Pop" (Branden Books, 1993, ISBN 082831957X, page 86)] The song was most successful on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent three weeks at #1 in June of that year. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3003678&cdi=6150083&cid=06%2F09%2F1984 Hot Dance Club Play Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 9, 1984] , Billboard.com] The song was performed as a medley with some of Jermaine Jackson's other solo hits ("Let's Get Serious" and "You Like Me Don't You") on the Jacksons' 1984 "Victory Tour".Fact|date=August 2008

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. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3008568&cdi=6430358&cid=08%2F05%2F1989 The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 5, 1989] , Billboard.com]

ee also

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

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