Absolute garbage! Anita Pointer recalled, "['Fire'] became [the Pointer Sisters'] first gold single: we had had gold albums before but I didn't realize what a difference a gold single made 'cause...that one song [is played] over and over all over the world. Their 1997 song “Fire Water Burn” was a big hit.

[27], Link Wray, rockabilly guitarist who played on the Robert Gordon version, released his own version on his 1997 live album Walkin' Down A Street Called Love. Lyrically it's a simple song, but one that captures the indecision of a woman who wants and does not want a man all at the same time. 10), Canada (No. 3), Germany (No. Additionally, "Because the Night" had been a #13 hit for Patti Smith in 1978, having begun as an unfinished Springsteen song he originally meant to record himself. Springsteen said, "I sent [Elvis] a demo of it but he died before it arrived. "[7] Springsteen played piano on Gordon's recording of "Fire" which was released on Gordon's 1978 album Fresh Fish Special, recorded in December 1977 at Plaza Sound Studios in Manhattan with veteran rock 'n' roll producer Richard Gottehrer co-producing with Gordon. Heck, FIRE trumps as worst song over all of the obnoxious rap-crap ever recorded in the last 15-20 years. According to Gordon, "it was a choice between 'Fire' and another new song but [Springsteen] decided to keep the other one for himself. The mono mix features no brass. They remained on friendly terms before Springsteen gave Gordon the song "Fire" after seeing a live gig by Gordon and Link Wray. 34). The single B-side, "Rest Cure", was another track from the album. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band's debut album, also called The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Bruce Springsteen envisioned "Fire" as a song which could be recorded by his idol Elvis Presley.

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[7], In Ronnie Wood's radioshow of 14 November 2011, both Wood and Alice Cooper claim that the bass is performed by Ron Wood,[8] but Polly Marshall's biography of Arthur Brown states that "According to the-faces.com, Ronnie claims he played on the Track Records studio sessions recording Fire, but he must have confused it with the BBC session [of 8 April 1968]. The Evening Independent (St. Petersburg) 20 January 1979, p.11-D, The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story, "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks", "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992", "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada", "Ultrtrop jaaroverzichten 1979 | VRT Top 30", "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979 | Nederlandse Top 40)", "Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart", "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1979 | South Africa's Rock Lists Website", "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979", The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09, The Live Series: Songs from Around the World, The Born in the U.S.A. 12" Single Collection, The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)&oldid=984792421, RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles, Song recordings produced by Richard Perry, Song recordings produced by Richard Gottehrer, Song recordings produced by Bruce Springsteen, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 October 2020, at 03:50.