A Fire I Can't Put Out

"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]

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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

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.

v t e George Strait 1980s singles
Strait Country	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"
Strait from the Heart	"Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out"
Right or Wrong	"You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman"
Something Special	"The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me"
#7	"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"
Ocean Front Property	"Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue"
If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'	"Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
Beyond the Blue Neon	"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"

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