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Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
1984 single by Jermaine Jackson featuring Michael Jackson
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"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" is a song by American singer and actor Jermaine Jackson featuring his younger brother Michael Jackson, taken from Jermaine Jackson's eponymous album. Jason Elias of AllMusic called this song "percolating and infectious."[1]
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| "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" | |
|---|---|
Side-B label of the single "Do What You Do" | |
| Single by Jermaine Jackson featuring Michael Jackson | |
| from the album Jermaine Jackson | |
| A-side | "Do What You Do" |
| Released | October 1984 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:22 |
| Label | Arista |
| Songwriters |
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| Producer | Michael Omartian |
The vocal version of "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'" was on the B-side to both the 7" and 12" versions of Jermaine Jackson's single "Do What You Do",[2][3] while an instrumental version of the song was on the B-side to another Jermaine Jackson single, "Dynamite".[4][5]
In her 1993 book Michael Jackson: The King of Pop, author Lisa D. Campbell stated that "although it was never officially released as a single because of legal difficulties between Michael's label, Epic, and Jermaine's label, Arista, the song did receive a lot of airplay."[6] As a result, Billboard did not include the song on any "singles" chart. Nor, at the time, did Billboard publish an airplay-only chart.[7] The song, however, performed very well on Radio and Records, having reached the top spot on the Urban Airplay chart and the No. 6 on the Top 40 Airplay, both in June 8, 1984.[8] The song was most successful on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent three weeks at No. 1 that same June.[9] The song was performed as a medley with some of Jermaine Jackson's other solo hits ("Let's Get Serious" and "Dynamite") on the Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour.[10]
The song was nominated at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[11]
In 1988, British singer Robert Palmer covered the song on his album, Heavy Nova. It was released as a single in June 1989 and reached No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100.[12]