Fire and Smoke
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"Fire and Smoke" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley
. It was released in April 1981 as the second single from the album of the same name, "Fire and Smoke".
His fourth top 40 country hit, "Fire and Smoke" continued Conley's then-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," becoming his first No. 1 hit in July 1981. "Fire and Smoke" spent 14 weeks in the top 40 of the country chart.
At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...
. It was released in April 1981 as the second single from the album of the same name, "Fire and Smoke".
His fourth top 40 country hit, "Fire and Smoke" continued Conley's then-recent run of success, which had started with the previous single, "Silent Treatment" (his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart in the fall of 1980). "Fire and Smoke" topped the success of "Silent Treatment," becoming his first No. 1 hit in July 1981. "Fire and Smoke" spent 14 weeks in the top 40 of the country chart.
At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.
Chart performance
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |