Flirtin' with Disaster (song)

"Flirtin' with Disaster"
Single by Molly Hatchet
from the album Flirtin' with Disaster
Released1979[1]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length3:48 (Single Version)
4:56 (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"
(1979) 		"Beatin' the Odds"
(1980)

"Flirtin' with Disaster" is a song by American Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1979 by Epic Records. Written by three members of the band, it is their most popular song and remained on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, peaking at number 42 in March 1980.[2] It was released on the band's second studio album, Flirtin' with Disaster and is the only single released from the album.[3]

The song 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-two 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"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". Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  2. ^ "Molly Hatchet : Chart History". Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "ultimate classic rock Flirtin with Disaster Song".
  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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