Old Flames Can\'t Hold a Candle to You

\"Old Flames Can\'t Hold a Candle to You\" Single by Joe Sun B-side

\"(Home Away From Home) I\'ll Find It Where I Can\"

Released

April 1978

Recorded

February 1978

Studio

LSI Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Genre

Country

Length

3:12

Label

Ovation

Songwriter(s)

Patricia Rose Sebert, Hugh Moffatt

Producer(s)

Brien Fisher

\"Old Flames Can\'t Hold a Candle to You\"

Single by Dolly Parton from the album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly B-side

\"I Knew You When\"

Released

June 23, 1980

Recorded

1980

Studio

Sound Labs, California

Genre

Country

Length

3:26

Label

RCA

Songwriter(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 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

Chart (1978) Peak
position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM)

29

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)

14

Brian Collins

Chart (1978) Peak
position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)

86

Dolly Parton

Chart (1980) Peak
position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM)

2

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)

1

0

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