"Old Flame" is a song written by Donny Lowery and
Mac McAnally
Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
band
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
. 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
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart.
Critical reception
According to
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
reviewer Al Campbell, it represented a
traditional side to Alabama's repertoire.
[Campbell, Al. Feels So Right - Review Allmusic.com.]
In popular culture
The song is played on the
FX series, ''
The Americans
''The Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg that aired on the FX (TV channel), FX television network for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg ...
''; Season 5, Episode 3 ("
The Midges"), while Elizabeth and Phillip begin a slow dance.
Charts
References
Works cited
*Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 ()
*
Allmusic - ''Old Flame'' by Alabama
External links
*
1981 singles
1981 songs
Alabama (American band) songs
Songs written by Mac McAnally
Song recordings produced by Harold Shedd
RCA Records Nashville singles
Songs written by Donny Lowery
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