"Fire and Smoke" is a song written and recorded by American

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singer

Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019)Wood, Gerry. (1998). "Earl Thomas Conley". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 108. was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between ...

. It was released in April 1981 as the second single and title track from the album '' Fire & Smoke''. The song was Conley's fourth top 40 country hit, and continued his recent run of success, which had started with the previous single, "Silent Treatment" (his first top 10 hit on the ''

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chart in the fall of 1980). "Fire and Smoke" topped the success of "Silent Treatment,". The single was his first No. 1 hit in July 1981 and spent 14 weeks in the top 40 country chart. At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.

Chart performance

References

1981 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year 1980 songs Earl Thomas Conley songs Songs written by Earl Thomas Conley RCA Records singles {{1980-country-song-stub