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{{Infobox song
| name       = Slow Burn
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[T. G. Sheppard]]
| album      = [[Slow Burn (T. G. Sheppard album)|Slow Burn]]
| released   = September 1983
| recorded   = June 1983
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:31 (single edit)<BR>4:17 (album version)
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]/[[Curb Records|Curb]]
| writer     = [[Charlie Black]]<br>Tommy Rocco
| producer   = [[Jim Ed Norman]]
| prev_title = [[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[Make My Day (T. G. Sheppard and Clint Eastwood song)|Make My Day]]
| next_year  = 1984
}}
"'''Slow Burn'''" is a song written by Tommy Rocco and [[Charlie Black]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[T. G. Sheppard]].  It was released in September 1983 as the first single and title track from the album ''[[Slow Burn (T. G. Sheppard album)|Slow Burn]]''.
The song was Sheppard's 13th number one on the Billboard [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart, and spent one week atop the chart as part of a 14-week run within the chart's Top 40.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=313}}</ref>
==Content==
The song is about a deeply emotional but long-lasting love affair.
==Single and album edits==
The single edit has an earlier fade than the full album version.
==Chart performance==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1983–1984)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|1
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=T.G. Sheppard}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
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!align="left"|Chart (1984)
!align="center"|Position
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|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984|work=Billboard|accessdate=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|39
|}
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==References==
{{reflist}}
{{T. G. Sheppard}}
[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:1983 songs]]
[[Category:T. G. Sheppard songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Curb Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Charlie Black]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tommy Rocco]]
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