Real Love (Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers song)

"Real Love" is a song written by David Malloy, Richard "Spady" Brannon and Randy McCormick, and recorded as a duet by American entertainers Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers that topped the US country singles chart in August 1985.

[1] It was released in April 1985 the second single and title track from Parton's Real Love album.

Released after the top-ten success of "Don't Call It Love", the song became Parton and Rogers' second country chart-topper as a duet act.

That album also included another four of Rogers' hit singles from 1983 and 1984, namely "Buried Treasure", "This Woman", "Midsummer Nights" and "Evening Star".

Parton and Rogers embarked on a nine-city US concert tour in February 1985, from which an HBO concert special, "Real Love" was filmed; a music video for the "Real Love" single was produced using footage from the HBO special.