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

"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" is the title of 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. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	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

Preceded by "The Way I Am" by Merle Haggard

RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 31-June 21, 1980

Succeeded by "Trying to Love Two Women" by The Oak Ridge Boys

References

1. ^ Kenny Rogers Billboard Singles
2. ^ RPM Country Tracks