Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers Dolly Parton Yamaha Genos Roland G70 by Rico

Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers Dolly Parton Yamaha Genos Roland G70 by Rico 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. 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. Rogers and Parton went on to record a Christmas album together, and had an additional hit with their 1985 duet "Real Love". Danish blues-rock singer Peter Thorup and pop singer Anne Grete Rendtorff had great success with a version with Danish lyrics in 1984 callet Skibe uden Sejl (Ships without Sails). The song was used as title track for the Danish TV series Måske i morgen (maybe tomorrow) shown on Danish national television DR. Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1983 album Singles Bar, with lyrics in Swedish by Ingela "Pling" Forsman as "Öar i ett hav" ("Islands in a sea"). In 1994 the Majorcan singer Tomeu Penya recorded a version of this song with lyrics in Catalan, entitled Illes dins un riu (Islands in a stream) in the album Una aclucada d'ull. This version was a duet sung with Adriana Ceballos, an Argentinian singer. This song became very popular in Catalonia. It is the opening track of Barry Manilow's 2007 album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties, sung with Reba McEntire. The chorus of the 1998 hip-hop song "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" is an interpolation of the chorus of "Islands in the Stream". In 2009 Namibian singer Nianell and South African singer Dozi released a version on their album It Takes Two. In 2010 South African, Afrikaans singers Ray Dylan and Elizma Theron covered the song. In 2010 Irish singer Ronan Keating covered the song together with Australian country music trio The McClymonts for his album Duet. In 2014, Kylie Minogue and Jake Shears performed the song together. In 2018, Minogue included the song on her Kylie Presents: Golden tour. In 2017, Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole covered the song on their album, The Great Country Songbook Volume 2. In October 2017, Jimmy Fallon and Miley Cyrus performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in a recreation of Rogers' and Parton's live performance at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards. Blake Shelton and Emily Ann Roberts covered the song on the season 9 finale of The Voice. Shawn Mendes and Miley Cyrus covered this song during Musicares Person of the Year.