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Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

original song written and composed by Pebe Sebert and Hugh Moffatt, originally recorded by Joe Sun in 1978
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Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

Summary

Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's composer is recorded as Pebe Sebert[4].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's composer is recorded as Hugh Moffatt[5].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's genre is country music[6].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was produced by Gary Klein[7].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was performed by Dolly Parton[8].
  • Among the performers on Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was Joe Sun[9].
  • Among the performers on Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was Brian Collins[10].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was performed by Kesha[11].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was performed by Merle Haggard[12].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was released on 1978[14].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's lyricist is recorded as Pebe Sebert[15].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's lyricist is recorded as Hugh Moffatt[16].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"}[17].
  • Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): country, country rock[20]

  • Community tags: country, country rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ead4c4bc-a0f8-4f08-a008-c85883ac87c6[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Dolly Parton[8], Joe Sun[9], Brian Collins[10], Kesha[11], and Merle Haggard[12]. Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was produced by Gary Klein[7].

Publication

Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You was released on 1978[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is country music[6].

Why It Matters

Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Dolly Parton Kesha Merle Haggard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Dolly Parton, Joe Sun, Brian Collins +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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