Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

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"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
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Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
B-side "I Knew You When"
Released July 1980
Recorded RCA Studios, Nashville; 1980
Genre Country
Label RCA
Writer(s) Patricia Rose Sebert, Hugh Moffatt
Producer(s) Gary Klein
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Starting Over Again"
(1980)		 "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
(1980)		 "9 to 5"
(1980)

"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" is a country song written by singer-songwriter Patricia Rose Sebert and Hugh Moffatt. It was a number 14 U.S. country hit for Joe Sun in 1978, and a number 86 hit for Brian Collins the same year. It was later covered by Dolly Parton, who took it to the top of the U.S. country singles charts in August 1980.[1] In the song, the narrator tells their lover not to feel threatened by past affairs for these "old flames" are in the past. Parton included her version on her 1980 Dolly, Dolly, Dolly album, and it was released as the album's second single after the success of "Starting Over Again". In 2013, Sebert's daughter, Kesha, released an acoustic cover of the song as part of her extended play Deconstructed.

Chart performance

Joe Sun

Chart (1978) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 14
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 29

Brian Collins

Chart (1978) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 86

Dolly Parton

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References

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Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
September 27, 1980		 Succeeded by
"Do You Wanna Go to Heaven"
by T. G. Sheppard
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