"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 singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his sing ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
band
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. 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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chart.
Critical reception
According to
Allmusic
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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 for FX (TV channel), FX. It aired for six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners ...
''; 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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