 In 1998, the song re-entered the country charts and peaked at number 73 based on unsolicited airplay.Though not expressly a "Christmas song", Parton's recording received some airplay on country stations around the holiday seasons during the 1980s and 1990s; Parton also performed the song on Bob Hope's Christmas Special in 1988.During the late 1990s, when RCA reissued Parton's 1984 holiday album with Kenny Rogers, "Once Upon a Christmas", Parton's recording of "Hard Candy Christmas" was added to the track list.