The Flame (Cheap Trick song)

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“The Flame”
Single by Cheap Trick from the album Lap of Luxury
B-side	"Through the Night"
Released	1988
Genre	Rock
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Bob Mitchell Nick Graham
Producer	Richie Zito
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"It's Only Love"/"Name of the Game" (1986) "The Flame" (1988) "Don't Be Cruel"/"I Know What I Want" (1988)

“The Flame”
Single by Erin Hamilton from the album One World
Released	1999
Genre	Dance
Writer(s)	Bob Mitchell Nick Graham
Erin Hamilton singles chronology
"Dream Weaver" (1998) "The Flame" (1999) "Satisfied" (1999)
"I Got the Music in Me" (2002) "The Flame 08" (2008)

"The Flame" is a hit power ballad by Cheap Trick, released in 1988. The success of the song brought the group out of a mini-slump and back into music industry prominence. Written by Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham, the song was initially released on the album Lap of Luxury. "The Flame" reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 when issued as a single; it also reached number one in Australia.

[edit] Erin Hamilton version

"The Flame" was covered in 1998 by electronic dance music singer Erin Hamilton. Included on her 1999 album One World, the song was a top-twenty hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Nine years later, the song was remixed and re-released as "The Flame 08" and this version went to number one on the U.S. dance chart, becoming Hamilton's first chart-topper.

Preceded by "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson	Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Cheap Trick version) July 9, 1988	Succeeded by "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx
Preceded by "Beautiful" by Taylor Dayne	Hot Dance Club Play number one single (Erin Hamilton version) April 12, 2008	Succeeded by "I'm a Fire" by Donna Summer