"Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in November 1992 as the first single from Dean's album ''

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''. The song reached No. 6 on the ''

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chart in March 1993 and No. 1 on the ''

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Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, ...

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and premiered in late 1992.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1992 singles Billy Dean songs Songs written by Tim Nichols Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Liberty Records singles Songs written by Billy Dean 1992 songs {{1992-country-song-stub