Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - MP3 instrumental karaoke

“Islands in the Stream,” the iconic 1983 duet between Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, was actually written by The Bee Gees. It was originally intended for Marvin Gaye to perform in the R&B genre, but was later modified to fit Kenny Rogers’s style. Released in August of 1983 as the first single from Kenny Rogers’s album Eyes That See In The Dark, the love song was a smash commercial hit, reaching Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, and knocking Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse Of the Heart'' out of the chart’s top spot. The single earned both Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton their second Number 1 hit and established the pair as a dueting powerhouse (going on to record additional albums and singles together). "Islands in the Stream" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for over 2 million copies sold in the United States, and it topped the 2005 CMT poll of the best country duets of all time.