Old Flame (Alabama song)

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"Old Flame"
Old Flame - Alabama.jpg
Single by Alabama
from the album Feels So Right
B-side "I'm Stoned"
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1981 (U.S.)
RecordedDecember 14, 1980
Genre Neotraditional country
Length3:13
Label RCA Nashville 12169
Songwriter(s) Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally
Producer(s) Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Why Lady Why"
(1980)
"Old Flame"
(1981)
"Feels So Right"
(1981)

"Old Flame" is a song written by Donny Lowery and Mac McAnally, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1981 as the first single from the album Feels So Right . The song was the group's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]

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Critical reception

According to Allmusic reviewer Al Campbell, it represented a traditional side to Alabama's repertoire. [2]

The song is played on the FX series, The Americans ; Season 5, Episode 3 ("The Midges"), while Elizabeth and Phillip begin a slow dance.

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 103

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 18.
  2. Campbell, Al. Feels So Right - Review. Allmusic.com.
  3. "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Alabama Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.

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