Michael Martin Murphey Wildfire Legendado, wildfire, bestoftheday, bestof70s

Wildfire is a song written by Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler. It was originally recorded by Murphey, who had yet to add his middle name to his recorded work, and appears on his goldplus 1975 album Blue Sky Night Thunder. Released in February 1975 as the album s lead single, Wildfire became Murphey s highestcharting pop hit in the United States. The somber story song hit No. 2 in Cash Box and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1975. In addition, it hit the top position of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, displacing Love Will Keep Us Together. The single continued to sell, eventually receiving platinum certification from the RIAA, signifying sales of over two million US copies. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Murphey and Cansler cowrote Wildfire in 1968, shortly after Murphey emerged as a solo artist. Earlier in the decade he had been part of a