“Fire and Smoke”, song written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley for the RCA label, in August 1980 in Nashville, TN. With the production of Nelson Larkin and Earl Thomas Conley, the song was released on April 20, 1981, on July 11, 1981, reached # 1 of the US Hot Country Songs charts, and remained a total of 14 weeks on the charts. It was the first number one in Earl’s career. “Fire and Smoke” quickly became an anthem for fans, topping the success of anything Conley’d previously put out and marking his entry into a new realm of stardom. At the end of the year, Billboard named the track No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the year.
The song was included in Earl Thomas Conley’s second studio album, Fire & Smoke (RCA 1981), the album was released on October 14, 1981, January 30, 1982, reached # 19 in the US Top Country albums charts, and remained a total of 22 weeks on the charts.
From the album Fire & Smoke
B-side «I’ve Loved You Girl»
Released April 20, 1981
Recorded 1980
Genre Country
Length 3:11
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Earl Thomas Conley
Producer(s) Nelson Larkin and Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley – Fire and Smoke Lyrics
In and out of honkey tonks from one town to the next
But anything worth loving
Lord’s, just too hard to forget
Everyday’s another day of feeling more the same
Looks like I’ll run out of highway before
I out run the rain
But if there’s fire and smoke
Ooh what a rush I got when your love was hot
Oh but I couldn’t see
That when the flame burned out you’d leave
A cold dark cloud a raining down on me
So I’m reaching out to someone wishing, she were you instead
Everything I left behind was waiting up ahead
Pulling on the bottom baby, looking back on you
Anyways the right way babe as long as I pull through
But if there’s fire and smoke
Ooh what a rush I got when your love was hot
Oh but I couldn’t see
That when the flame burned out you’d leave
A cold dark cloud a raining down on me
Yeah, and when the flame burned out you left a cold dark cloud a raining
Down, a raining down on me
, the album was released on October 14, 1981, January 30, 1982, reached # 19 in the US Top Country albums charts, and remained a total of 22 weeks on the charts.From the album Fire & SmokeB-side "I've Loved You Girl"Released April 20, 1981Recorded 1980Genre CountryLength 3:11Label RCASongwriter(s) Earl Thomas ConleyProducer(s) Nelson Larkin and Earl Thomas Conley){kind=link}