Old Flame (Alabama song) - Misplaced Pages

"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.

Critical reception

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

In popular culture

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 Tracks	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)	103

References

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

Works cited

Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
Allmusic - Old Flame by Alabama.

External links

Alabama - Old Flame on YouTube

v t e Alabama 1977–1989 singles
My Home's in Alabama	"I Wanna Come Over" "My Home's in Alabama" "Tennessee River" "Why Lady Why"
Feels So Right	"Old Flame" "Feels So Right" "Love in the First Degree"
Mountain Music	"Mountain Music" "Take Me Down" "Close Enough to Perfect"
The Closer You Get...	"Dixieland Delight" "The Closer You Get" "Lady Down on Love"
Roll On	"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "When We Make Love" "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" "(There's A) Fire in the Night"
40-Hour Week	"There's No Way" "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Greatest Hits	"She and I"
The Touch	"Touch Me When We're Dancing" ""You've Got" the Touch"
Just Us	"Tar Top" "Face to Face" "Fallin' Again"
Southern Star	"Song of the South" "If I Had You" "High Cotton" "Southern Star"
Other singles	"Christmas in Dixie" "Deep River Woman"

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