Originally under the title of "Storm", Moa wrote "Running Through the Fire" for her father on the day he died. She later said, "I don't like that [inspiration], so I changed it...it's a love song."

"Running Through the Fire" is an electropop-rock song, and contains 1980s pop influences. and makes use of the electric guitar.

The song was released in March 2010.

In album reviews, Jo Tindling of Amplifier and Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald compared "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" to the work of Ladyhawke.

The song was a finalist for the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll, a peer-judged songwriting award, but lost to The Naked and Famous' "Young Blood". It is Moa's third song to be nominated for the award, with "Stolen Hill" and "Dreams in My Head" being the previous two.

On the chart dated 12 April 2010, the song appeared on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number thirty-eight. It slipped out of the chart the following week.

The music video for the single, funded by New Zealand On Air, was directed by Tim van Dammen. A one shot, it features Moa playing an electric guitar and singing with her backing band, then walking around a garden in the night. Rays of light stream from Moa as she walks.

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