contexts: `` Old Flames Ca n't Hold a Candle to You '' Single by Dolly Parton from the album Dolly , Dolly , Dolly B - side `` I Knew You When '' Released July 19 , 1980 Recorded 1980 Studio RCA Studios , Nashville Genre Country Length 3 : 26 Label RCA Songwriter ( s ) Patricia Rose Sebert , Hugh Moffatt Producer ( s ) Gary Klein Dolly Parton singles chronology `` Starting Over Again '' ( 1980 ) `` Old Flames Ca n't Hold a Candle to You '' ( 1980 ) `` 9 to 5 '' ( 1980 ) `` Starting Over Again '' ( 1980 ) `` Old Flames Ca n't Hold a Candle to You '' ( 1980 ) `` 9 to 5 '' ( 1980 )
name: Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You
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answers.span_text: Patricia Rose Sebert , Hugh Moffatt
questions.input_text: who wrote old flames cant hold a candle to you