| Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) | |
| Cover: | Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True).png |
| Caption: | Side-B label of the single "Do What You Do" |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Jermaine Jackson featuring Michael Jackson |
| Album: | Jermaine Jackson |
| A-Side: | Do What You Do |
| Length: | 4:22 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Michael Omartian |
"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" is a song by 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]
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 song, "Dynamite".[4] [5]
In her 1993 book Michael Jackson: The King of Pop, author Lisa D. Campbell states 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, did register on Radio and Records′ Top 40 chart, a chart based solely on airplay, peaking at No. 6 in June 1984. The song was most successful on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent three weeks at No. 1 that same June.[8] 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".[9]
The song was nominated at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
In 1988, Robert Palmer covered the song on his album, Heavy Nova. It was released as a single in June 1989 and reached #60 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10]