Baby I'm Burning

"Baby I'm Burning"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Heartbreaker
B-side "I Really Got the Feeling"
Released November 1978
Format 7"
Recorded 1978
Genre Disco, pop, country
Length 2:38
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Dolly Parton
Producer(s) Gary Klein
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Heartbreaker"
(1978)		 "Baby I'm Burning" / "I Really Got the Feeling"
(1978)		 "You're The Only One"
(1979)

"Heartbreaker"
(1978)		 "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling"
(1978)		 "You're The Only One"
(1979)
"I Really Got the Feeling"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Heartbreaker
A-side "Baby I'm Burning"
Released November 1978
Format 7"
Recorded 1978
Genre Country
Length 3:08
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Billy Vera
Producer(s) Gary Klein
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Heartbreaker"
(1978)		 "Baby I'm Burning" / "I Really Got the Feeling"
(1978)		 "You're The Only One"
(1979)

"Heartbreaker"
(1978)		 "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling"
(1978)		 "You're The Only One"
(1979)

"Baby I'm Burning" is a 1978 song written and performed by Dolly Parton that was part of a double-A-sided single "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling".

Issued from Parton's RCA Records album Heartbreaker, after the success of the title single, "Baby I'm Burning" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1979,[1] and also became a surprise hit on the disco chart, peaking at number 15.[2]

In addition to the standard 45-rpm single, an extended dance single, entitled "Dance With Dolly" was released, including an extended dance version of the song, intended for airplay in discos and dance clubs.

Parton frequently performs the song in concert, often using it as her opening number. She also used a truncated version of the song as the theme to her 1987-88 TV variety show Dolly!.

I Really Got the Feeling

While "Baby, I'm Burning" did get some country airplay in late 1978 and early 1979, it was the flip side — "I Really Got the Feeling" — that caught on with country music fans.

The song was a pop-styled ballad, written by Billy Vera, that bore no resemblance to the disco feel of "Baby, I'm Burning." The subject matter of "I Really Got the Feeling" was about a woman who falls in love with a man at first sight, citing him as a virtuous individual. She plans to stay with him for the rest of her life, regardless of "what my Daddy might say."

"I Really Got the Feeling" was Parton's 10th No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Singles hit in January 1979.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 25
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 30
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 9

Other Versions

References

  • Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits." Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-82-307553-2
Notes
  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 482.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 199.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 262.
  4. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
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