Fire (Springsteen song)

"Fire"
Single by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
from the album Live/1975-85
Further information B-side "Incident on 57th Street" (live) Released January 1, 1987 Format 7" single Recorded Winterland, San Francisco December 16, 1978 Genre Rock Length 2:58 Label Columbia Songwriter(s) Bruce Springsteen Producer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band singles chronology
"War" (1986) "Fire" (1987) "Brilliant Disguise" (1987)
"War" (1986) "Fire" (1987) "Brilliant Disguise" (1987)

"Fire"
Single by Robert Gordon with Link Wray
from the album Fresh Fish Special
Further information B-side "If This Is Wrong" Released March 12, 1978 Format 7" single Genre Rock Length 2:47 Label Songwriter(s) Bruce Springsteen Producer(s) Richard Gottehrer, Robert Gordon

"Fire"
Single by The Pointer Sisters
from the album Energy
Further information B-side "Love Is Like a Rolling Stone" Released 2 October 1978 (US) 9 March 1979 (UK) Format 7" single Recorded 1978 Genre Rock • R&B Length 3:28 Label Planet Songwriter(s) Bruce Springsteen Producer(s) Richard Perry
The Pointer Sisters US singles chronology
"I Need a Man" (1977) "Fire" (1978) "Happiness" (1979)
"I Need a Man" (1977) "Fire" (1978) "Happiness" (1979)
The Pointer Sisters UK singles chronology
"Everybody Is a Star" (1979) Everybody Is a Star1979 "Fire" (1979) Fire1979 "Happiness" (1979) Happiness1979

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin

Richard Gottehrer, Robert Gordon

"Fire" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen in 1977 which had its highest profile as a 1978 single release by the Pointer Sisters.

Bruce Springsteen envisioned "Fire" as a song which could be recorded by his idol Elvis Presley. It was written after Springsteen saw Presley perform at a May 28, 1977 concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Springsteen said, "I sent [Elvis] a demo of it but he died before it arrived."

Springsteen completed a studio recording of "Fire", which was one of 52 tracks at least partially recorded which did not make the cut for his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town as they were considered inconsistent with his thematic vision for the album. Springsteen's manager Jon Landau speculated Springsteen had a special concern that, if included on Darkness on the Edge of Town, "Fire" would be Columbia Records' single of choice despite not being representative of the album as a whole.

Despite its omission from the Darkness on the Edge of Town album, "Fire" was included in the set list of the Darkness Tour and has been a Springsteen concert staple since then. On the 1986 Springsteen concert album Live/1975-85 "Fire" is represented by a December 16, 1978 performance at Winterland in San Francisco. Issued as a single, this version of "Fire" reached No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also charted in Ireland (No. 18), the UK (No. 54), and Australia (No. 82). The music video to promote the single was an acoustic performance of the song by Springsteen at a Bridge School Benefit concert in 1986.

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