Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer - Wikipedia Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer `` Do n'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, soft rock Length 3 : 39 Label United Artists Songwriter ( s ) Kim Carnes David Ellingson Producer ( s ) Larry Butler and Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers singles chronology `` Coward of the County '' ( 1979 ) `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' ( 1980 ) `` Love the World Away '' ( 1980 ) `` Coward of the County '' ( 1979 ) `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' ( 1980 ) `` Love the World Away '' ( 1980 ) `` Do n'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 and # 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was also recorded in Spanish as `` No Te Enamores De Un Loco ''. Chart performance Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 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 Jump up ^ `` Explore : Soft Rock Top Songs AllMusic ''. Web.archive.org. 2011 - 11 - 12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014 - 06 - 29. Jump up ^ Kenny Rogers Billboard Singles Jump up ^ RPM Country Tracks Jump up ^ `` Kenny Rogers -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Rogers. Jump up ^ `` Kenny Rogers -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Rogers. Jump up ^ `` 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 Do n'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 Ca n'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, Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' `` Laura ( What 's He Got That I Ai n't Got ) '' `` Lucille '' `` Daytime Friends '' `` Sweet Music Man '' `` Every Time Two Fools Collide '' ( with Dottie West ) `` Love or Something Like It '' `` Anyone Who Is n'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 '' `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' ( with Kim Carnes ) `` Love the World Away '' `` Lady '' `` I Do n'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 Do n'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 Ca n'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 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 `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' `` Make No Mistake, He 's Mine '' `` What About Me ? 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Question: who sang don't fall in love with a dreamer
Answer: Kim Carnes