<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Potential New Boyfriend" (1983) Potential New Boyfriend 1983 </Td> <Td> "Islands in the Stream" (1983) Islands in the Stream1983 </Td> <Td> "Save the Last Dance for Me" (1984) Save the Last Dance for Me 1984 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Potential New Boyfriend" (1983) Potential New Boyfriend 1983 </Td> <Td> "Islands in the Stream" (1983) Islands in the Stream1983 </Td> <Td> "Save the Last Dance for Me" (1984) Save the Last Dance for Me 1984 </Td> </Tr> <P> "Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton . Named after the Ernest Hemingway novel, it was originally written for Marvin Gaye in an R&B style, only later to be changed for the Kenny Rogers album . It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers' album Eyes That See in the Dark . </P> <P> The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, giving both Rogers and Parton their second pop number - one hit (after Rogers' "Lady" in 1980 and Parton's "9 to 5" in 1981). It also topped the Country and Adult Contemporary charts . It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over two million physical copies in the US . In 2005 the song topped CMT's poll of the best country duets of all time; Parton and Rogers reunited to perform the song on the CMT special . </P>

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