Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

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"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

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 262.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0010a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
"Joe Sun Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Brian Collins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0246a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
"Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

External links

Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line

Dolly Parton

Studio albums

1960s	Hello, I'm Dolly Just Because I'm a Woman In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

1970s	The Fairest of Them All The Golden Streets of Glory Joshua Coat of Many Colors Touch Your Woman My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner My Tennessee Mountain Home Bubbling Over Jolene Love Is Like a Butterfly The Bargain Store Dolly All I Can Do New Harvest...First Gathering Here You Come Again Heartbreaker Great Balls of Fire

1980s	Dolly, Dolly, Dolly 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Heartbreak Express Burlap & Satin The Great Pretender Once Upon a Christmas Real Love Trio Rainbow White Limozeen

1990s	Home for Christmas Eagle When She Flies Slow Dancing with the Moon Honky Tonk Angels Something Special Treasures Hungry Again Trio II Precious Memories The Grass Is Blue

2000s	Little Sparrow Halos & Horns For God and Country Those Were the Days Backwoods Barbie

2010s	Better Day Blue Smoke Pure & Simple I Believe in You

2020s	A Holly Dolly Christmas Run, Rose, Run Rockstar

Live albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

Singles

1960s	"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "Dumb Blonde" "Something Fishy" "In the Ghetto"

1970s

"Mule Skinner Blues"
"Joshua"
"Comin' for to Carry Me Home"
"Coat of Many Colors"
"Touch Your Woman"
"My Tennessee Mountain Home"
"Jolene"
"I Will Always Love You"
"Love is Like a Butterfly
"The Bargain Store"
"The Seeker"
"We Used To"
"All I Can Do"
"Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
"Here You Come Again"
"Two Doors Down"
"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"
"Heartbreaker"
"It's Too Late to Love Me Now"
"Baby I'm Burnin'"
"I Really Got the Feeling"
"You're the Only One"
"Great Balls of Fire"
"Sweet Summer Lovin'"

1980s

"Starting Over Again"
"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
"9 to 5"
"But You Know I Love You"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"Single Women"
"Heartbreak Express"
"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
"Hard Candy Christmas"
"Potential New Boyfriend"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Downtown"
"She Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
"Tennessee Homesick Blues"
"Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride"
"Don't Call It Love"
"Real Love"
"Think About Love"
"Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)"
"We Had It All"
"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
"Telling Me Lies"
"Those Memories of You"
"The River Unbroken"
"Wildflowers"
"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"
"Yellow Roses"

1990s	"Time for Me to Fly" "White Limozeen" "Love Is Strange" "Rockin' Years" "Silver and Gold" "Eagle When She Flies" "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" "Romeo" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "To Daddy" "Just When I Needed You Most" "Peace Train" "After the Gold Rush" "Feels Like Home" "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" "Walking on Sunshine"

2000s	"Seven Bridges Road" "Shine" "Imagine" "Both Sides Now" "Twelfth of Never" "Travelin' Thru" "Where Do the Children Play" "Better Get to Livin'" "Drives Me Crazy"

2010s	"Together You and I" "Calling My Children Home" "The Story" "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" "Here I Am" "Girl in the Movies" "God Only Knows" "There Was Jesus" "Faith"

2020s	"When Life Is Good Again" "Mary, Did You Know?" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas" "In the Sweet By and By" "Magic Man" "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" "Step by Step" "Let It Be" "What's Up?" "Wrecking Ball" "Southern Accents"

Features

Film and TV

Dolly (1976)
Dolly (1987)
Dolly & Carol in Nashville
Hollywood to Dollywood
The Book Lady
For the Love of Dolly
Coat of Many Colors
Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Christmas on the Square

Tours

Theme parks

Category

v t e Kesha
Discography Videography Songs Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Animal Warrior Rainbow High Road Gag Order
Compilation albums	I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
Extended plays	Cannibal Deconstructed Gag Order (Live Acoustic EP from Space)
Singles	"Tik Tok" "Blah Blah Blah" "Your Love Is My Drug" "Take It Off" "We R Who We R" "Blow" "Die Young" "C'Mon" "Crazy Kids" "True Colors" "Praying" "This Is Me" "Woman" "Raising Hell" "My Own Dance" "Resentment" "Tonight" "Fine Line" "Eat the Acid" "Only Love Can Save Us Now" "Joyride" "Delusional"
Featured singles	"Right Round" "Dirty Picture" "My First Kiss" "Timber" "Good Old Days" "Body Talks" "Safe" "Stronger" "Fancy Like" (remix)
Promotional singles	"Sleazy" "Cannibal" "Till the World Ends" (the Femme Fatale remix) "Learn to Let Go" "Hymn" "Rich, White, Straight Men" "Little Bit of Love"
Other songs	"This Love" "Boy Like You" "Stephen" "Dinosaur" "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
Concert tours	Get Sleazy Tour North American Tour 2013 Warrior Tour Kesha and the Creepies: Fuck the World Tour Rainbow Tour The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore Only Love Tour
Related articles	Pebe Sebert Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life My Crazy Beautiful Life Kesha v. Dr. Luke
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