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3.1  Weekly charts  




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Daytime Friends (song)






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"Daytime Friends"
SinglebyKenny Rogers
from the album Daytime Friends
B-side
  • "We Don't Make Love Anymore" (US and most other countries)
  • "Lying Again" (Germany)
    • ReleasedAugust 1, 1977
    GenreCountry
    Length3:14
    LabelUnited Artists
    Songwriter(s)Ben Peters
    Producer(s)Larry Butler
    Kenny Rogers singles chronology
    "Lucille"
    (1977)     		"Daytime Friends"
    (1977)     		"Sweet Music Man"
    (1977)

    "Daytime Friends" is a song written by Ben Peters and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in August 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song was Rogers' second number one country hit as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]

    The single's B-side, "We Don't Make Love Anymore," was composed by Rogers and Marianne Gordon[2] and later covered by Anne Murray and was released on her album Let's Keep It That Way. The single's German B-Side was "Lying Again".[3]

    Content[edit]

    The song is a mid-tempo, about two cheating people who are friends (and whose respective spouses are friends of one-another) during the day but have an extramarital affair at night.

    Song idea[edit]

    In a posting on Classic Country Songs on Facebook on October 1, 2021, Peters claimed he got the idea from watching the weather report on WSMVinNashville (then WSM-TV) in 1975. The meteorologist, Pat Sajak (who would later host Wheel of Fortune), stated about "daytime trends and nighttime showers". This led Peters to write the song.[4]

    Charts[edit]

    Weekly charts[edit]

    Chart (1977) Peak
    position
    Australian (Kent Music Report)[5] 69
    Canadian RPM Top Singles 21
    Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
    Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 1
    New Zealand Singles Chart 16
    UK Singles Chart[6] 39
    USBillboard Hot 100[7] 28
    USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 1
    USBillboard Easy Listening[9] 13

    Year-end charts[edit]

    Chart (1977) Position
    US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 17

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 298.
  • ^ "Kenny Rogers – Daytime Friends (1977, Terre Haute, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  • ^ "Kenny Rogers – Daytime Friends / Lying Again (1977, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  • ^ "Celebrating Kenny Rogers’s Timeless Hit: The Untold Story of ‘Daytime Friends'". September 21, 2023. Musix.
  • ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  • ^ Kenny Rogers UK Charts history Archived December 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  • ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  • ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  • ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 203.
  • ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.


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