Old Flame (song)

"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
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 3

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. Feels So Right - Review. Allmusic.com.
Preceded by
"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"
by David Frizzell and Shelly West
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

April 18, 1981
Succeeded by
"A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)"
by Mickey Gilley
Preceded by
"Crying"
by Don McLean
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

April 25, 1981