- Old Flame (song)
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"Old Flame" Single by Alabama from the album Feels So Right B-side "I'm Stoned" Released January 23, 1981 (U.S.) Format 7" Recorded December 14, 1980 Genre Country Length 3:15 Label RCA Records 12169 Writer(s) Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally Producer Harold Shedd and Alabama Alabama singles chronology "Why Lady Why"
(1980)"Old Flame"
(1981)"Feels So Right"
(1981)"Old Flame" is a song by the country music band Alabama. Written by Donny Lowery and Mac McAnally, the song was released in 1981, and eventually became the group's third number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
The song was the first single release from Alabama's second RCA album, Feels So Right, and - according to Allmusic reviewer Al Campbell - represented a traditional side to Alabama's repertore.[1]
Chart performance
Chart (1981) Peak
positionCanadian RPM Country Tracks 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 3 References
- ^ Campbell, Al. Feels So Right - Review. Allmusic.com.
- Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
- Allmusic - Old Flame by Alabama.
Preceded by
"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"
by David Frizzell and Shelly WestBillboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
April 18, 1981Succeeded by
"A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)"
by Mickey GilleyPreceded by
"Crying"
by Don McLeanRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
April 25, 1981Deuces Wild "I Want to Be with You Tonight"My Home's in Alabama Feels So Right Mountain Music The Closer You Get... Roll On 40-Hour Week Greatest Hits The Touch Just Us "Tar Top" · "Face to Face" · "Fallin' Again"Southern Star "Song of the South" · "If I Had You" · "High Cotton" · "Southern Star"Categories:- 1981 singles
- Alabama (band) songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by Mac McAnally
- Songs produced by Harold Shedd
- RCA Records singles
- 1980s country song stubs
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