"Flame" is a single and coronation song from the ''

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'' seventeenth season winner

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. The song was written by

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and

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. Hardy performed the song after he was announced the winner in the finale. The song was released following his win on May 19, 2019.

Background

"Flame" was written by Jon Levine and Ester Dean, and it was chosen for him as the coronation song for the seventeenth season of ''American Idol''. The song however is written in the

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genre, 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. He performed the song on the ''American Idol'' finale, later also performing in the ''

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''. As the song is not in the country genre, it received only limited airplay on country stations.

Commercial performance

In its first full tracking week, the song sold 18,000 downloads in the United States. "Flame" debuted and peaked at number eight on the US

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chart.

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2019 debut singles American Idol songs Songs written by Ester Dean Songs written by Jon Levine 2019 songs