"Old Flame" is a song by the country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

. Written by Donny Lowery and Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally

Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...

, the song was released in 1981, and eventually became the group's third number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart.

The song was the first single release from Alabama's second RCA album, Feels So Right, and - according to Allmusic reviewer Al Campbell - represented a traditional side to Alabama's repertore.

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	3