"Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Named after an Ernest Hemingway novel, it was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers's album Eyes That See in the Dark.[2] The song was originally written for Diana Ross in an R&B style but later reworked for the duet by Rogers and Parton.[3] The Bee Gees released a live version of the song in 1998 and a studio version in 2001.