Daytime Friends (song)

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"Daytime Friends"
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Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Daytime Friends
B-side
  • "We Don't Make Love Anymore" (US and most other countries)
  • "Lying Again" (Germany)
ReleasedAugust 1, 1977
Genre Country
Length3:14
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Ben Peters
Producer(s) Larry Butler
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"Lucille"
(1977)
"Daytime Friends"
(1977)
"Sweet Music Man"
(1977)

"Daytime Friends" is a song written by Ben Peters and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in August 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song was Rogers' second number one country hit as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

The single's B-side, "We Don't Make Love Anymore," was composed by Rogers and Marianne Gordon [2] and later covered by Anne Murray and was released on her album Let's Keep It That Way . The single's German B-Side was "Lying Again". [3]

Content

The song is a mid-tempo, about two cheating people who are friends (and whose respective spouses are friends of one-another) during the day but have an extramarital affair at night.

Song idea

In a posting on Classic Country Songs on Facebook on October 1, 2021, Peters claimed he got the idea from watching the weather report on WSMV in Nashville (then WSM-TV) in 1975. The meteorologist, Pat Sajak (who would later host Wheel of Fortune ), stated about "daytime trends and nighttime showers". This led Peters to write the song.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [4] 69
Canadian RPM Top Singles21
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1
New Zealand Singles Chart16
UK Singles Chart [5] 39
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 28
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 1
US Billboard Easy Listening [8] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [9] 17

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