"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" is a 1985 duet by Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...

 and Gary Morris

Gary Morris

Gary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s....

, who co-wrote the song with Dave Loggins

Dave Loggins

David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...

. "Makin' Up for Lost Time" was from the CBS TV series, "Dallas

Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...

" and would be 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 fourteen weeks on the country chart .

Chart performance

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1