"Setting the World on Fire" | ||||
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Single by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink | ||||
from the album Cosmic Hallelujah | ||||
Released | July 28, 2016 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Country pop | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
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"Setting the World on Fire" is a song written by Ross Copperman, Matt Jenkins, and Josh Osborne and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney, featuring American singer Pink. It was released to country radio on July 28, 2016 and to digital retailers the following day as the second single from Chesney's seventeenth studio album, Cosmic Hallelujah. The song was also promoted to adult and pop radio on September 12, 2016. The song was nominated for the Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
"Setting the World on Fire" debuted at number 26 on the ARIA Charts, becoming Chesney's first ever song to chart in Australia.
In Canada, the song debuted at number 47 on the Canada Country chart and has reached number 1 and debuted at number 67 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 48.
In the United States, the song sold 93,000 copies in its first week, marking Chesney's biggest sales week for a single, surpassing the previous best sales week of his 2012 song "Feel Like a Rock Star". It was the second best-selling song for the week of August 20, 2016. It concurrently debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Kenny's 25th top 40 hit on the all-genre chart. It also rose from number 43 to number two on Hot Country Songs chart, eventually peaking at number one. On the Country Airplay chart, it debuted at number 22 and has reached number 1. "Setting the World on Fire" debuted at number 35 on the Adult Pop Songs chart dated October 8, 2016 and is Chesney's first entry on the chart.