What Are We Doin' in Love
Dottie West & Kenny Rogers
1981
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1981
Release: 1981Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected original recording is documented in 1981 in the release history of Wild West. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Wild West - original Dottie West duet program
The original 1981 program includes What Are We Doin in Love. The recording-specific licensed item explicitly credits Dottie West and Kenny Rogers; wrong 1972 fields on later anthologies are not used.
What Are We Doin in Love - complete original performer credit
The original Wild West recording item explicitly identifies Dottie West and Kenny Rogers in 1981. Both duet singers remain visible, regardless of their order in a retained catalog credit.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A country duet that crossed over to the pop charts.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1981.html, song-list position 44
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1981 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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