A Fire I Can't Put Out

"A Fire I Can't Put Out"
Single by George Strait
from the album Strait from the Heart
B-side"Honky Tonk Crazy"
ReleasedMay 19, 1983
RecordedJanuary 11, 1982
StudioMusic City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length3:00
LabelMCA 52225
Songwriter(s)Darryl Staedtler
Producer(s)Blake Mevis
George Strait singles chronology
"Amarillo by Morning"
(1983)
"A Fire I Can't Put Out"
(1983)
"You Look So Good in Love"
(1983)

"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

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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.

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
  2. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.