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Dreamlovers | ||||
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Released | September 29, 1980 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 30:16 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Jerry Crutchfield | |||
Tanya Tucker chronology | ||||
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Singles from Dreamlovers | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Billboard | (unrated) [2] |
Dreamlovers is the 11th studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released on September 29, 1980, by MCA Records. The album features two duets with Glen Campbell, "My Song" and "Dream Lover", a song written and originally sung by Bobby Darin in 1959, which was released as a single. It peaked at only #59 on the Billboard Country Singles chart. The biggest hit single from the album was "Can I See You Tonight," which peaked at #4. Another charting single was the #40 "Love Knows We Tried." The album itself peaked at #41 on the Country Albums chart.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Can I See You Tonight" | Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy | 2:49 |
2. | "Love Knows We Tried" | Jan Crutchfield, Kerry Chater, Rory Bourke | 3:48 |
3. | "I've Got Somebody" | Randy Goodrum | 2:39 |
4. | "Let Me Count the Ways" | Jerry Crutchfield, Clair Cloninger | 3:24 |
5. | "Dream Lover" (duet with Glen Campbell) | Bobby Darin | 2:56 |
6. | "Somebody (Trying to Tell You Something)" | Steve Hardin | 3:35 |
7. | "All the Way" | Bob Morrison, Jim Zerface | 2:28 |
8. | "Tennessee Woman" | Jimmy Webb | 2:54 |
9. | "Don't You Want to Be a Lover Tonight" | Sterling Whipple | 2:45 |
10. | "My Song" (duet with Glen Campbell) | Hardin | 2:58 |
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 41 |
Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1980 | "Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) | 59 | 48 |
"Can I See You Tonight" | 4 | 4 | |
1981 | "Love Knows We Tried" | 40 | 40 |
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