Mistaken Identity, released in 1981, is the sixth studio album by Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice....

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It spent four weeks as number one on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine's Pop Albums chart, and was subsequently certified platinum. The album spawned three singles, "Bette Davis Eyes

Bette Davis Eyes

"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.-History:...

", "Draw of the Cards

Draw of the Cards

"Draw of the Cards" is a 1981 single release from Kim Carnes's album Mistaken Identity.The single reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....

" and the title track, which peaked at #1, #28 and #60 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart, respectively.

The Mistaken Identity Tour is the tour that promotes this album.

Track listing

1. "Bette Davis Eyes
   Bette Davis Eyes
   "Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.-History:...
   
   " (Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon
   Jackie DeShannon
   Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
   
   ) – 3:47
2. "Hit and Run" (Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon) – 3:17
3. "Mistaken Identity" (Kim Carnes) – 4:49
4. "When I´m Away from You" (Frankie Miller
   Frankie Miller
   Frankie Miller is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter, who had his biggest success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Glasgow with his parents, Cathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. Miller attended Sacred Heart Primary school. He was an altar boy in Sacred Heart Chapel...
   
   ) – 3:36
5. "Draw of the Cards
   Draw of the Cards
   "Draw of the Cards" is a 1981 single release from Kim Carnes's album Mistaken Identity.The single reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
   
   " (Dave Ellingson, Bill Cuomo, Val Garay
   Val Garay
   Val Garay is a record producer and engineer who has worked with Kim Carnes, The Motels, Marty Balin, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading, Dolly Parton, Pablo Cruise, James Taylor, Queensrÿche, Cock Robin, Dramarama, EZO, Ringo Starr, Linda Ronstadt, Sarah Brightman, Nicolette Larson, and Reel Big Fish,...
   
   ) – 4:54
6. "Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)" (Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Wendy Waldman) – 3:17
7. "Still Hold On" (Kim Carnes, Eric Kaz
   Eric Kaz
   Eric Kaz, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, is a singer-songwriter active mainly in the late 1960s and the 1970s.-Biography:He first appeared on the popular music scene in the mid-60s playing piano in a band called Children of Paradise with Happy and Artie Traum...
   
   , Dave Ellingson, Wendy Waldman) – 4:39
8. "Don't Call It Love" (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford
   Dean Pitchford
   Dean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, seven Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards.-Early life:Pitchford was born in...
   
   ) – 3:09
9. "Miss You Tonight" (Kim Carnes) – 5:09
10. "My Old Pals" (Richard Stekol) – 3:19

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1981	U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	26

Personnel

• Bill Burks – Art Direction & Design
• Bill Cuomo – Prophet, Arranger (1,3)
• Brian Garofalo – Bass, Background Vocal
• Craig Krampf
  Craig Krampf
  Craig Krampf is an American musician and songwriter.The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo and Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge...
  
   – Drums, Background Vocal
• Craig Hull – Electric & Slide Guitars, Background Vocal
• Daniel Moore – Background Vocal, Harmony Vocal (2;4;8;10)
• Danny Kortchmar
  Danny Kortchmar
  Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
  
   – Acoustic Guitar (4;7)
• Dave Ellingson – Background Vocal, Harmony Vocal (2;3;7;8)
• David Alexander – Photography
• Don Francisco – Percussion (6;9)
• Doug Sax – Mastered
• Jerry Peterson – Saxophone
• Josh Leo – Electric Guitars, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocal
• Julia Tillman Waters – Harmony Vocal (4)
• Kim Carnes – Vocals, Piano (10)
• M.L. Benoit – Percussion
• Maxine Willard Waters – Harmony Vocal (4)
• Michael Brokaw – Management (Kragen & Co.), Direction
• Mike Reese – Mastered
• Niko Bolas
  Niko Bolas
  Niko Bolas is an American music producer, sound engineer, and consultant and business developer in the fields of virtual reality and Internet radio...
  
   – Engineering Assistance
• Paul Roberts – Cover Inspired by
• Steve Goldstein – Keyboards
• Val Garay – Producer, Recorder
• Waddy Wachtel
  Waddy Wachtel
  Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work...
  
   – Electric Guitar (1), Acoustic Guitar (2), Background Vocal, Harmony Vocal (6)
• Wendy Waldman – Harmony Vocal (7)