(There's A) Fire in the Night

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"(There's A) Fire in the Night"

Single by Alabama

from the album Roll On

B-side

"Rock on the Bayou"

Released

October 22, 1984

Recorded

1983

Genre

Country rock

Length

3:59 (single edit)
4:14 (album version)

Bob Corbin

Harold Shedd and Alabama

Alabama singles chronology

"If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
(1984)

"(There's A) Fire in the Night"
(1984)

"There's No Way"
(1985)

Music video

"(There's A) Fire in the Night" at CMT.com

"(There's A) Fire in the Night" is a song written by Bob Corbin, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in October 1984 as the fourth and final single from the band's album Roll On. The song became the group's 15th straight No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in January 1985.

Single and album edits

A slightly early fade on the single version is the only difference between the single and album versions of "(There's a) Fire in the Night".

Music video

A video of the song, directed by David Hogan and depicting the band camping in a forest at night, has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and Great American Country. It is not the original video, however. The original video, released in 1984, featured partial nudity and what writer Edward Morris described as a "bizarre plot". Alabama then decided the video was not family-friendly and, with the help of their management, had RCA Records withdraw the original video from circulation.^[1]

Chart positions

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

^ Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0-8092-5306-2)
^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e Alabama 1977–1989 singles
My Home's in Alabama	"I Wanna Come Over" "My Home's in Alabama" "Tennessee River" "Why Lady Why"
Feels So Right	"Old Flame" "Feels So Right" "Love in the First Degree"
Mountain Music	"Mountain Music" "Take Me Down" "Close Enough to Perfect"
The Closer You Get...	"Dixieland Delight" "The Closer You Get" "Lady Down on Love"
Roll On	"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "When We Make Love" "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" "(There's A) Fire in the Night"
40-Hour Week	"There's No Way" "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Greatest Hits	"She and I"
The Touch	"Touch Me When We're Dancing" ""You've Got" the Touch"
Just Us	"Tar Top" "Face to Face" "Fallin' Again"
Southern Star	"Song of the South" "If I Had You" "High Cotton" "Southern Star"
Other singles	"Christmas in Dixie" "Deep River Woman"

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