Fire in the Sky (song)

"Fire in the Sky"
Single by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
from the album Twenty Years of Dirt
Released 1986
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Jeff Hanna, Bob Carpenter
Producer(s) Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band singles chronology
"Stand a Little Rain"
(1986)
"Fire in the Sky"
(1986)
"Baby's Got a Hold on Me"
(1987)

"Fire in the Sky" is a single by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The first version of the song was released in 1981 and peaked at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Five years later, the song was released to the country music format, peaking at number 7 on the Hot Country Songs charts[1] and number five on the Canadian country charts.

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 76
Chart (1986-1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.