Fire and Smoke

"Fire and Smoke" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in April 1981 as the second single and title track from the album Fire and Smoke.

His fourth top 40 country hit, "Fire and Smoke" continued Conley's then-recent run of success, which had started with the previous single, "Silent Treatment" (his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1980). "Fire and Smoke" topped the success of "Silent Treatment," becoming his first No. 1 hit in July 1981. "Fire and Smoke" spent 14 weeks in the top 40 of the country chart.^[1]

At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
↑ "Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot Country Songs". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

Preceded by "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" by Barbara Mandrell	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 11, 1981	Succeeded by "Feels So Right" by Alabama
Preceded by "My Heart" by Ronnie Milsap	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single of the year 1981	Succeeded by "Always on My Mind" by Willie Nelson

v t e Earl Thomas Conley

Studio albums	Blue Pearl Fire and Smoke Somewhere Between Right and Wrong Don't Make It Easy for Me Treadin' Water Too Many Times The Heart of It All Yours Truly Perpetual Emotion Should've Been Over by Now

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Best 1 Greatest Hits 2 Essential Love Out Loud Super Hits Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Notable singles	"Silent Treatment" "Fire and Smoke" "Tell Me Why" "After the Love Slips Away" "Heavenly Bodies" "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" "Your Love's on the Line" "Holding Her and Loving You" "Don't Make It Easy for Me" "Angel in Disguise" "Chance of Lovin' You" "Honor Bound" "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" "Once in a Blue Moon" "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) "I Can't Win for Losin' You" "That Was a Close One" "Right from the Start" "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris) "What I'd Say" "Love Out Loud" "Bring Back Your Love to Me "Shadow of a Doubt"

Guest singles	"All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin) "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)

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v t e Billboard Year-End Hot Country Songs number one single of the year

1980–1989	1980: "My Heart" – Ronnie Milsap 1981: "Fire and Smoke" – Earl Thomas Conley 1982: "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson 1983: "José Cuervo" – Shelly West 1984: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 1985: "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap 1986: "Never Be You" – Roseanne Cash 1987: "Give Me Wings" – Michael Johnson 1988: "Don't Close Your Eyes" – Keith Whitley 1989: "A Better Man" – Clint Black

1990–1999	1990: "Nobody's Home" – Clint Black 1991: "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson 1992: "I Saw the Light" – Wynonna 1993: "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson 1994: "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery 1995: "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" – John Michael Montgomery 1996: "My Maria" – Brooks & Dunn 1997: "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 1998: "Just to See You Smile" – Tim McGraw 1999: "Amazed" – Lonestar

2000–2009	2000: "How Do You Like Me Now?!" – Toby Keith 2001: "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" – Brooks & Dunn 2002: "The Good Stuff" – Kenny Chesney 2003: "My Front Porch Looking In" – Lonestar 2004: "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw 2005: "That's What I Love About Sunday" – Craig Morgan 2006: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" – Rodney Atkins 2007: "Watching You" – Rodney Atkins 2008: "Just Got Started Lovin' You" – James Otto 2009: "I Run to You" – Lady Antebellum

2010–2019	2010: "Love Like Crazy" – Lee Brice 2011: "Crazy Girl" – Eli Young Band 2012: "Time Is Love" – Josh Turner 2013: "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line

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