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Single:
Islands in the Stream entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 October 1983 and was a #1 hit. The song was #4 on the Top 100 of 1983.
Album:
The song is on Kenny’s album Eyes That See in the Dark which entered the Australian albums chart* on 31 October 1983 and peaked at #6.
Songwriters:
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producer:
Gibb-Galuten-Richardson (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson)
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Performed by Kenny and Dolly at the 17th Annual CMA Awards (Country Music Association) on 10 October 1983 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee:
BONUS VIDEO BELOW – The Bee Gees performing Island in the Stream
Wikipedia:
Islands in the Stream was written by the Bee Gees and recorded by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers’s fifteenth studio album Eyes That See in the Dark. The Bee Gees released a live version in 1998 and a studio version in 2001.
Named after the 1970 novel by Ernest Hemingway, the song was originally written for Diana Ross in an R&B style but later re-worked for the duet by Rogers and Parton.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream_(song)
Lyrics:
Baby, when I met you
There was peace unknown
I set out to get you
With a fine-tooth comb
I was soft inside
There was something going on
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BONUS
Islands in the Stream was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. In this video they perform it during their One Night Only show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 14 November 1997:
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