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Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Strait, “A Fire I Can’t Put Out”

June 27, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 3

George Strait gets his Hag on.

Retro Single Review: George Strait, “A Fire I Can’t Put Out”

August 5, 2011 Ben Foster 6

1983 | Peak: #1

The weeping fiddle intro sets the tone perfectly. The fourth and final single from George Strait’s second album Strait from the Heart, also his second number-one single, found him once again tackling the classic country theme of a memory that won’t go away… and nailing it.