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| Single by Laine Hardy | ||||
| Released | May 19, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
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"Flame" is a single and coronation song from the American Idol season 17 winner Laine Hardy. The song was written by Jon Levine and Ester Dean. [2] Hardy performed the song after he was announced the winner in the finale. [3] The song was released following his win on May 19, 2019. [4] [5]
"Flame" was written by Jon Levine and Ester Dean, and it was chosen for him as the coronation song for the 17th season of American Idol. [6] The song however is written in the pop rock genre, [7] and Hardy said that the song is not fully who he is since he is a country singer, but he was doing it to try something new to him. [8] [9] He performed the song on the American Idol finale, later also performing in the Jimmy Kimmel Live! . [10] As the song is not in the country genre, it received only limited airplay on country stations. [11]
In its first full tracking week, the song sold 18,000 downloads in the US. [12] "Flame" debuted and peaked at number 8 on the US Digital Songs chart. [13]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales) [14] | 29 |
| US Billboard Digital Songs [13] | 8 |
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