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Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You
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Wikipedia article
"'Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You'" is a country song written by singer-songwriter Pebe 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. 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'. A new version featuring Parton is a track on Kesha's 2017 album 'Rainbow'.
Content
In the song, the narrator tells their lover not to feel threatened by past affairs for these "old flames" are in the past and disappear from memory because of the current love.
Chart performance
Joe Sun
Brian Collins
Dolly Parton
References
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