The Flame (Cheap Trick song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Flame


Artist = Cheap Trick
Album = Lap of Luxury
A-side =
B-side = "Through the Night"
Released = 1988
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Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Epic
Writer = Bob Mitchell
Nick Graham
Producer = Richie Zito
Certification =
Last single = "It's Only Love"/"Name of the Game" (1986)
This single = "The Flame" (1988)
Next single = "Don't Be Cruel"/"I Know What I Want" (1988)
Misc =Infobox Single
Name = The Flame


Artist = Erin Hamilton
Album = One World
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1999
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Dance
Length =
Label =
Writer = Bob Mitchell
Nick Graham
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Dream Weaver" (1998)
This single = "The Flame" (1999)
Next single = "Satisfied" (1999)
Misc =Extra chronology 2
Last single = "I Got the Music in Me" (2002)
This single = "The Flame 08" (2008)
Next single =

"The Flame" is a hit power ballad by Cheap Trick, released in 1988. The success of the song brought the group out of a mini-slump and back into music industry prominence. Written by Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham, the song was initially released on the album "Lap of Luxury". "The Flame" reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 when issued as a single; it also reached number one in Australia.

Erin Hamilton version

"The Flame" was covered in 1998 by electronic dance music singer Erin Hamilton. Included on her 1999 album "One World", the song was a top-twenty hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Nine years later, the song was remixed and re-released as "The Flame 08" and this version went to number one on the U.S. dance chart, becoming Hamilton's first chart-topper.