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{{Infobox song
| name       = Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)
| cover      = makinupforlosttime.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Crystal Gayle]] and [[Gary Morris]]
| album      = [[What If We Fall in Love?]]
| B-side     = "A Few Good Men" by [[The Forester Sisters]]
| released   = October 1985
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:28
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = Gary Morris<br />[[Dave Loggins]]
| producer   = [[Jim Ed Norman]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Crystal Gayle]]
| type       = single
| prev_title = [[A Long and Lasting Love]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| title      = Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)
| year       = 1985
| next_title = [[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Gary Morris]]
| type       = single
| prev_title = [[I'll Never Stop Loving You (Gary Morris song)|I'll Never Stop Loving You]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| title      = Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)
| year       = 1985
| next_title = [[Wildflower (Skylark song)|Wildflower]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
}}
"'''Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)'''" is a song recorded as a duet by American [[country music]] artists [[Crystal Gayle]] and [[Gary Morris]].  The song was from the CBS TV series ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''.  It was released in October 1985 as the first single from the album ''[[What If We Fall in Love?]]''. The song was the most successful country hit for the duo of Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris.  The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks on the country chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=240}}</ref>  Morris wrote the song with [[Dave Loggins]].
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1985–1986)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Crystal Gayle}}
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|1
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Crystal Gayle singles}}
{{Gary Morris}}
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[[Category:1985 singles]]
[[Category:Crystal Gayle songs]]
[[Category:Gary Morris songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Dave Loggins]]
[[Category:Male–female vocal duets]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written for television series]]
[[Category:1985 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Gary Morris]]
[[Category:Dallas (TV franchise)]]
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