Flirtin' with Disaster (song)

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"Flirtin' with Disaster"
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Single by Molly Hatchet
from the album Flirtin' with Disaster
ReleasedMarch 8, 1980[1]
Recorded1979
GenreSouthern rock, hard rock
Length4:56 (album version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Banner Thomas
Producer(s)Tom Werman
Molly Hatchet singles chronology
"It's All Over Now"
(1979) 		"Flirtin' with Disaster"
(1980) 		"Beatin' the Odds"
(1980)

"Flirtin' with Disaster" is a song by the southern rock band Molly Hatchet with the flipside being "Gunsmoke". It is the only single from the band's second album of the same title.[2] The song remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, peaking at No. 42.[3]

The song is Molly Hatchet's most famous, and has appeared in the films Suspect Zero, The Dukes of Hazzard, Straw Dogs, and Artie Lange's Beer League, and the video games NASCAR 98 and Rock Band.[4] It has also appeared in My Name Is Earl, Supernatural and King of the Hill. The song is also alluded to in the title of a Season 2 episode of Danny Phantom.

A re-recorded version appears on the band's 2011 compilation Greatest Hits II.

Track listing[]

7" single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flirtin' with Disaster"Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Banner Thomas3:48
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gunsmoke"Duane Roland, Bruce Crump3:10
American promo single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flirtin' with Disaster"Brown, Hlubek, Thomas3:48
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flirtin' with Disaster" (Long Version)Brown, Hlubek, Thomas4:56
Australian promo single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flirtin' with Disaster"Brown, Hlubek, Thomas4:56
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let the Good Times Roll"Brown, Hlubek, Thomas2:56

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Flirtin' With Disaster". Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  2. ^ "ultimate classic rock Flirtin with Disaster Song".
  3. ^ "Molly Hatchet : Chart History". Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Spence D. and Scott Collura (November 2, 2007). "Rock Band Sonic FAQ". IGN. Archived from the original on March 17, 2009.



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