A Fire I Can't Put Out

1983 single by George Strait

"A Fire I Can't Put Out"

Single by George Strait

from the album Strait from the Heart

B-side

"Honky Tonk Crazy"

Released

May 19, 1983

Recorded

January 11, 1982

Genre

Country

Length

3:00

Label

MCA 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

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	5

References

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