A Fire I Can't Put Out
1983 single by George Strait
"A Fire I Can't Put Out" | ||||
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Single by George Strait | ||||
from the album Strait from the Heart | ||||
B-side | "Honky Tonk Crazy" | |||
Released | May 19, 1983 | |||
Recorded | January 11, 1982 | |||
Studio | Music City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | MCA 52225 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Darryl Staedtler | |||
Producer(s) | Blake Mevis | |||
George Strait singles chronology | ||||
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"A Fire I Can't Put Out" is a song written by Darryl Staedtler, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in May 1983 as the fourth and final single from his album Strait from the Heart. It was Strait's second Number One hit on the Billboard country charts.[1]
Content
The narrator is a guy that can't let the memory of a woman escape him. He can't let go of the feeling that felt so good when he was with her. He knows he has to move on and find someone new, but he just can't let the fire that burns for his former lover go.
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References
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George Strait 1980s singles
- "Unwound"
- "Down and Out"
- "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"
- "Fool Hearted Memory"
- "Marina del Rey"
- "Amarillo by Morning"
- "A Fire I Can't Put Out"
- "You Look So Good in Love"
- "Right or Wrong"
- "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"
- "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"
- "The Cowboy Rides Away"
- "The Fireman"
- "The Chair"
- "You're Something Special to Me"
- "Ocean Front Property"
- "All My Ex's Live in Texas"
- "Am I Blue"
- "Famous Last Words of a Fool"
- "Baby Blue"
- "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
- "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye"
- "What's Going On in Your World"
- "Ace in the Hole"
- "Overnight Success"
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