Fire and Smoke

Not to be confused with Smoke and Fire.

"Fire and Smoke" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in April 1981 as the second single and title track from the album Fire & Smoke.

"Fire and Smoke"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
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 singles chronology
"Silent Treatment" (1980) "Fire and Smoke" (1981) "Tell Me Why" (1981)

The song was Conley's fourth top 40 country hit, and continued his recent run of success, which had started with the previous single, "Silent Treatment" (his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1980). "Fire and Smoke" topped the success of "Silent Treatment,". The single was his first No. 1 hit in July 1981 and spent 14 weeks in the top 40 country chart.^[1]

At the end of the year, "Fire and Smoke" was named the No. 1 song of the entire year.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
2. "Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot Country Songs". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
3. "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.