Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes album)

Mistaken Identity
Studio album by
Kim Carnes
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedDecember 15, 1980 – January 12, 1981
StudioRecord One (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length40:13
LabelEMI America
ProducerVal Garay
Kim Carnes chronology
Romance Dance
(1980) 		Mistaken Identity
(1981) 		Voyeur
(1982)
Alternative cover
International cover
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Singles from Mistaken Identity
  1. "Bette Davis Eyes"
    Released: March 9, 1981
  2. "Draw of the Cards"
    Released: August 1981
  3. "Mistaken Identity"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Mistaken Identity is the sixth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released in April 1981 by EMI America Records. The album spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, and was subsequently certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

The album's lead single "Bette Davis Eyes" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine non-consecutive weeks and topped the Hot 100 year-end chart of 1981. Follow-up singles "Draw of the Cards" and "Mistaken Identity" reached numbers 28 and 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Record World said of the title track that "Dreamy sax/keyboard colors provide the backdrop for [Carnes'] vocal longing."[3]

  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Mistaken Identity – Kim Carnes". AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 17, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.