Islands in the Stream

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"Islands in the Stream"

Single by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
from the album Eyes That See in the Dark
Released	August 1983 (U.S.)
Genre	Country
Writer(s)	Bee Gees
Producer(s)	Barry Gibb
Chart positions
#1 (U.S.) #1 (country)
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton singles chronology
	"Islands in the Stream" (1983)	"Real Love" (1985)

This articles refers to the song. Islands in the Stream is also a posthumously published novel by Ernest Hemingway.

"Islands in the Stream" was a 1983 hit country music single for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, written by the Bee Gees (whose vocals also appear on the record). It was the first single from Rogers' album Eyes That See in the Dark and the second pop number-one for both Rogers and Parton (Rogers having been there with 1980's "Lady" and Parton with 1981's "9 to 5"). They went on to record a Christmas album together, and had an additional country hit with their 1985 duet "Real Love". The Gibb Brothers had originally written the song for Diana Ross.

It is a love song between two people who need no one else. The chorus runs: "Islands in the stream, that is what we are, no one in between, how can we be wrong, sail away with me to another world, and we rely on each other uh huh, from one lover to another un huh..."

Its two weeks as Billboard Hot 100 number-one was preceded by "Total Eclipse of the Heart," performed by Bonnie Tyler, and followed by "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie. It also spent two weeks as the number one country song and in the year's final countdown was the number one song of the entire year of 1983.

Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1983 album "Singles Bar", in Swedish as "Öar i ett hav" ("Islands in a sea").

The song was sampled on Pras Michel's 1998 hit song "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)".

In 2001, the Bee Gees released their own version of the song on a greatest hits compilation. Robin Gibb performed lead vocals on the track, which included (part of) the chorus from "Ghetto Supastar".

The song has also been covered by [Bertine Zetlitz][1](feat. [Thom Hell][2]) on an "open disc" to her 2006 album "My Italian Greyhound"

Preceded by: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler	Billboard Hot 100 number one single October 29, 1983	Succeeded by: "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie