Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer

"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. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[2] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[3] It was also recorded in Spanish as "No Te Enamores De Un Loco".

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[6]	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

↑ "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". Web.archive.org. 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ Kenny Rogers Billboard Singles
↑ RPM Country Tracks
↑ "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Rogers.
↑ "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Rogers.
↑ "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Kenny Rogers.

Kenny Rogers
Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges The Love of God Amazing Grace You Can't Make Old Friends
Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)
Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection Once Again It's Christmas
Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones
Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "When You Put Your Heart in It" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Ol' Red" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "He Will, She Knows" "There You Go Again" "Homeland" "I Can't Unlove You"
Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)
Related articles	Discography The First Edition United Artists Records Liberty Records RCA Records Reprise Records Kenny Rogers Roasters
Book:Kenny Rogers

Kim Carnes
Studio albums	Rest on Me Kim Carnes Sailin' St. Vincent's Court Romance Dance Mistaken Identity Voyeur Café Racers Barking at Airplanes Light House View from the House Checkin' Out the Ghosts Chasin' Wild Trains
Live albums	Live at Savoy, 1981
Compilations	Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
Singles	"More Love" "Cry Like a Baby" "Bette Davis Eyes" "Draw of the Cards" "Voyeur" "Does It Make You Remember" "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)" "Invisible Hands" "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes) "Crazy in Love"
Collaborative singles	"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" "What About Me?
Related articles	Discography
Book:Kim Carnes

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