"Fire and Smoke" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in April 1981 as the second single and title track from the album Fire & Smoke.
| "Fire and Smoke" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Earl Thomas Conley | ||||
| from the album Fire & Smoke | ||||
| B-side | "I've Loved You Girl" | |||
| Released | April 20, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Earl Thomas Conley | |||
| Producer(s) | Nelson Larkin and Earl Thomas Conley | |||
| Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology | ||||
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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 Billboard Hot Country Singles 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.[1]
At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.[2]
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
- ^ "Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot Country Songs". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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