Islands in the stream 2009 (Various Artists)
This is one song that will never die. Islands in the stream has been recorded and released by so many different artists over the years, at the time of writing it was the biggest selling country song of all time.
It’s ironic then that it wasn’t even written by a country music artist – it was written by the Bee Gees!
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton have become synonymous with this song and this backing track version keeps to the same arrangement that they originally recorded (where the song begins in the key of C then jumps to A flat for the second verse where Dolly comes in).
If you’re looking for a song to sing a duet with someone, then they don’t come any better than Islands in the stream.
In 2009, Tom Jones, Robin Gibb, Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones released a charity version for Comic Relief so we’ve re-mixed the original version to bring the track a little more up to date.
But what if you are a solo singer I hear you ask?
Well, Islands in the stream is a great song but the original arrangement of this song changed keys in the second verse (to allow Dolly Parton to sing her part). A solo singer could never sing this song alone because the jump between keys was just too much for one singer to handle.
But not any more! The Trax Team have worked their magic on this backing track and re-arranged this great song so that we also have versions of it where it stays in the same key ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
If you are a solo male singer, opt for the male version in the key of C.
If you are a solo female singer opt for the female version in the key of F.
If you want to sing it as a male/female duet, opt for the original version in the key of C.
Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) or buy the full backing track from our catalogue:
Audio Clip (Duet in the original key of C to Ab):
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Audio Clip (Male solo singer, stays in the male key of C):
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Audio Clip (Female solo singer, stays in the female key of F):
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