Feel the Fire is the third studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released in 1980 through Mercury Records. Its first single release, "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", was her first top ten hit.

Track listing

Personnel

Vocals

Reba McEntire – lead vocals, backing vocals Tom Brannon – backing vocals Phillip Forrest – backing vocals Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals Donna McElroy – backing vocals Louis Nunley – backing vocals Diane Tidwell – backing vocals Bergen White – backing vocals Trish Williams – backing vocals Dennis Wilson – backing vocals Gil Wright – backing vocals

Musicians

Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano, keyboards Harold Bradley – guitars Jimmy Capps – guitars Ray Edenton – guitars Gordon Kennedy – guitars Charlie McCoy – guitars, harmonica Pete Wade – guitars Chip Young – guitars Weldon Myrick – steel guitar Mike Leech – bass Bob Moore – bass Jerry Carrigan – drums Buddy Harman – drums

The Shelly Kurland Strings Bergen White – string arrangements John Catchings and Roy Christensen – cello Cindy Reynolds – harp Marvin Chantry, Virginia Christensen and Gary Vanosdale – viola George Binkley III, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova and Stephanie Woolf – violin

Production Jerry Kennedy – producer Brent King – engineer Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer Hank Williams – mastering at Woodland Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Bob Heimall – art direction Stephanie Zuras – design Dennis Carney – photography Rachel Dennison – make-up Red Steagall – management

Charts Singles YearSingleChartPosition1980"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"Hot Country Singles & Tracks8"I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"Hot Country Singles & Tracks181981"I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"Hot Country Singles & Tracks13

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