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Islands in the Stream (song)
"
Islands in the Stream
" is a song written by
Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
from the
Bee Gees
whose title is taken from the
Ernest Hemingway novel
and sung by American
country music
artists
Kenny Rogers
and
Dolly Parton
. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers' album
Eyes That See in the Dark
and the second pop number-one for both Rogers and Parton (after Rogers' "
Lady
" in 1980 and Parton's "
9 to 5
" in 1981). The Gibbs originally wrote the song for
Marvin Gaye
in an R&B style, only later to change it for the Kenny Rogers album.
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