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.

• Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
• Allmusic - Old Flame by Alabama.

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