"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" is a country song written by singer-songwriter Pebe Sebert and Hugh Moffatt.
It was later covered by Dolly Parton, who took it to the top of the U.S. country singles charts in August 1980.
In 2013, Sebert's daughter, Kesha, released an acoustic cover of the song as part of her extended play Deconstructed.
A new version featuring Parton is a track on Kesha's 2017 album Rainbow.
In the song, the narrator tells their lover not to feel threatened by past affairs for these "old flames" are in the past and disappear from memory because of the current love.