"studio sessions recording Fire, but he must have confused it with the BBC session [of 8 April 1968]."" There is no bass guitar on the recording, only bass pedals. Fire (Arthur Brown song) ""Fire"" is a 1968 song written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker. 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"". The single reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in August 1968 and in Canada. In October, it reached No. 2 in the"
"Hawkwind, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Klaus Schulze and Frank Zappa. He is best known for his 1968 single ""Fire"", reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and number two on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Following the success of the single ""Fire"", the press would often refer to Brown as ""The God of Hellfire"", in reference to the opening shouted line of the song, a moniker that exists to this day. Brown was born in Whitby where his parents ran a guest house. After attending Roundhay Grammar School in Leeds, Yorkshire, he attended the University of London"
"Fire"" in 1968 as a single on the RCA Victor label. It is perhaps the best known cover of this song, reaching number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, only a year after the original had been a number 1 hit on the same chart. Feliciano's remake blended Latin influences, including a mixture of classic Spanish guitar, flute and flamenco, with American pop. Feliciano's version of the song is played at a slower tempo than the Doors. The single helped to spur the worldwide success of its album, ""Feliciano!"", which was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards in 1969."
"Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) ""Fire"" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in early 1967. It has been described as ""an exercise in soul, psychedelic rock, and polyrhythmic jazz-inspired drumming"" by AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald. The song was remixed in stereo for the American release of the album. In 1969, it was released as a stereo single in the UK with the title ""Let Me Light Your Fire"". One of Hendrix's most popular songs, he frequently played it in concert. Several live recordings have been released and the original song is"
"Fire (U2 song) ""Fire"" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fifth track on the band's 1981 album, ""October"", and was released that year as the album's first single. The ""October"" album version of ""Fire"" was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas while U2 took a break from the Boy Tour in April 1981. After its initial release, ""Fire"" was U2's first song to chart in the UK, where it managed to break the top 40, peaking at No. 35. Some vinyl and cassette versions of U2's debut album ""Boy"" included a 30-second instrumental"
"Fire (Kasabian song) ""Fire"" is a song by English rock band Kasabian and is the lead single from their third album ""West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"". It was released 1 June 2009. On the week of its release it debuted at number in the UK Singles chart, making it their first UK Top 3 entry and their highest-charting single to date as well as their fourth UK Top 10 single. ""Fire"" also debuted at number one in Scotland, becoming Kasabian's highest-charting single there as well. On the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, it debuted at number 44 peaked at number 41."
"Fire (Electric Six album) Fire is the debut album of Electric Six, released in 2003. The album received generally positive critical reviews. ""Rolling Stone"" called the album ""the summer's most brilliantly demented party record"" and ""Blender"" hailed the music as ""convincingly ferocious"". Three singles were released from the album: ""Danger! High Voltage"", which reached #10 in the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart and #2 in the UK Singles Chart; ""Gay Bar"", which reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart; and ""Dance Commander"", which reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart. ""Fire"" went gold in the United Kingdom on"
"SSQ covered the song as a B-side to their single ""Synthicide"". Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) ""Fire"" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in early 1967. It has been described as ""an exercise in soul, psychedelic rock, and polyrhythmic jazz-inspired drumming"" by AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald. The song was remixed in stereo for the American release of the album. In 1969, it was released as a stereo single in the UK with the title ""Let Me Light Your Fire"". One of Hendrix's most popular songs, he frequently played it in concert."
"The Flame (Cheap Trick song) ""The Flame"" is a power ballad written by British songwriters Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham. The song was first offered to English singer Elkie Brooks, who turned it down, and was then released by Cheap Trick, for whom it was a hit single in 1988. The song appeared on the band's ""Lap of Luxury"" album. ""The Flame"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in July 1988, becoming the band's only number one hit. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Considered as the band's comeback album following the commercial failure of"
"part of an all-star bill that included the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, the Nice, Eire Apparent, the Outer Limits, Amen Corner and the then BBC Radio 1 DJ, Pete Drummond. In March 1968, the Move returned to the charts with ""Fire Brigade"", another UK Top 3 hit, and the first on which Wood sang lead vocal. But a few weeks later, around the time of the LP's release, Kefford was let go from the band due to increasing personal problems, escalated by drug usage. The Move then became a four-piece, in which Burton and (occasionally) Wayne took turns on"
"financial trouble. Hendrix released """" in the United Kingdom in December 1967. The album appeared in the United States in January 1968 on Reprise. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown had a 1968 UK #1 hit with ""Fire"" which was co-produced by the Who's Pete Townshend and Kit Lambert. US versions of Arthur Brown's recordings were distributed by Atlantic Records; initial pressings of these records were branded with the Track Records imprint, and later ones with Atlantic's but retaining the same catalog numbers. ""Fire"" reached #2 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. Brown has claimed that he was"
"Day"" single in 1983. The single was not released in North America. Fire (U2 song) ""Fire"" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fifth track on the band's 1981 album, ""October"", and was released that year as the album's first single. The ""October"" album version of ""Fire"" was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas while U2 took a break from the Boy Tour in April 1981. After its initial release, ""Fire"" was U2's first song to chart in the UK, where it managed to break the top 40, peaking at No. 35. Some vinyl"
"Flames, which they joined at ages 13 and 9, respectively. Their 1968 album ""Soulfire"" produced a hit in South Africa: the band's cover of ""For Your Precious Love"" was #1 on white radio for thirteen weeks. Beach Boy Carl Wilson heard The Flames while the band was performing in London. Wilson signed them to the Beach Boys' Brother Records label and produced their self-titled album, ""The Flame"" (changed from Flames, to avoid confusion with the group that played with James Brown), which featured soulful rock/pop songs in the vein of The Beach Boys and Badfinger. The Flames were the only"
"his extraordinary guitar work. After two more successful albums, Feliciano, now a household name throughout Latin America, moved to Los Angeles. He got together with RCA Victor producer Rick Jarrard who was, at the time, also producing Harry Nilsson and Jefferson Airplane. They recorded the Doors' song ""Light My Fire"" in a Latin style and released it as a single, and in the summer of 1968 it reached #3 on the US pop charts with over one million copies sold in the US market alone. The song became a #1 hit in many countries, including Canada, Brazil and the UK"
"on the U.S. dance chart, becoming Hamilton's first chart-topper. The Flame (Cheap Trick song) ""The Flame"" is a power ballad written by British songwriters Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham. The song was first offered to English singer Elkie Brooks, who turned it down, and was then released by Cheap Trick, for whom it was a hit single in 1988. The song appeared on the band's ""Lap of Luxury"" album. ""The Flame"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in July 1988, becoming the band's only number one hit. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Considered as"
"Light My Fire ""Light My Fire"" is a song by American rock band the Doors, which was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their self-titled debut album. Released as an edited single on April 24, 1967, it spent three weeks at number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in late July, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after its recording. A year later, it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 following the success of José Feliciano's version of the song (which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard"
"The Flame (Arcadia song) ""The Flame"" is the fourth single released by the Duran Duran offshoot band, Arcadia. It was released by Parlophone Records in 1986 and was the group's third UK single. It reached number 58 in the UK Singles Chart. The campy, slapstick video was made in the retro style of an Edwardian-era drawing room murder mystery, ""à la"" Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock. The storyline revolved around a series of comic disasters that befall an awkward, nerdish character (played by Simon Le Bon) and his girlfriend while visiting a haunted house. Nick Rhodes plays the debonair host"
"hit with a basement composition when their cover of ""Too Much of Nothing"" reached number 35 on the ""Billboard"" chart in late 1967. Ian & Sylvia, also managed by Grossman, recorded ""Tears of Rage"", ""Quinn the Eskimo"" and ""This Wheel's on Fire"". In January 1968, Manfred Mann reached number one on the UK pop chart with their recording of ""The Mighty Quinn"". In April, ""This Wheel's on Fire"", recorded by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, hit number five on the UK chart. That same month, a version of ""You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"" by the Byrds was issued as"
"was a moderate, charting on the Ultratip charts in Flanders and Wallonia. Fire (Kasabian song) ""Fire"" is a song by English rock band Kasabian and is the lead single from their third album ""West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"". It was released 1 June 2009. On the week of its release it debuted at number in the UK Singles chart, making it their first UK Top 3 entry and their highest-charting single to date as well as their fourth UK Top 10 single. ""Fire"" also debuted at number one in Scotland, becoming Kasabian's highest-charting single there as well. On the Australian"
"Drains"". Their first recording was the single ""Something in the Air"", which became a number one hit in the UK and a substantial hit elsewhere in the world. This was the only number one hit in the UK that Townshend performed on. (The Who had none.) Following this success, Townshend produced their sole album, ""Hollywood Dream"". Townshend also produced ""Fire"" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown in 1968 that was No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US and was also an executive-producer on the band's debut album, also called ""The Crazy World of Arthur Brown""."
"The Big Flame The Big Flame is a 1969 BBC television play by socialist playwright Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach. The play tells the story of 10,000 dockworkers occupying the Liverpool docks in a ""work-in"". Filmed in a gritty, realistic drama documentary style, it was first broadcast on 19 February 1969 on BBC1, at a time when unemployment was rising in Britain. The play was shown in the BBC's ""The Wednesday Play"" anthology strand, which was noted for tackling social issues. Following its broadcast, Mary Whitehouse, president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association,"
"include the song. ""Light My Fire"" achieved modest success in Australia, where it peaked at number 22 on the ARIA chart. The single originally reached number 49 in the UK in 1967, but experienced belated success in that country in 1991, when a reissue peaked at number 7. This reissue was more successful in Ireland, peaking atop the IRMA chart for two weeks in June. The reissue occurred due to a revived interest in the band following Oliver Stone's film biopic ""The Doors"". The song is ranked at number 35 on ""Rolling Stone""'s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of"
"Flame (Bell X1 song) ""Flame"" is a single by the Irish pop rock quintet, Bell X1, and the second to be taken from the band's third album ""Flock"". It was released on 10 March 2006. It entered the Irish Singles Chart on 16 March 2006, spending four weeks there and peaking at #12. The BBC described it and follow-up single ""Rocky Took a Lover"" as ""two of the finest pieces of music written on this island"", though lamented its lack of international success. The song was later included in a collection of works giving a ""sense of the noughties"" put"
"of Art, but was expelled in 1964. From this basis, and other Birmingham-based groups, was formed the Move, and they quickly entered the UK Singles Chart. Their single ""Night of Fear"" climbed to No. 2 in early 1967. Their third hit, ""Flowers in the Rain"", was the first song played at the launch of BBC Radio 1 in 1967, and the band evolved over a three-year period. After the departure of the Move's lead singer Carl Wayne, Wood's influence became more prominent. In 1967 Wood (and fellow Move member Trevor Burton) supplied backing vocals on the track ""You Got Me"
"Firestarter (The Prodigy song) ""Firestarter"" is a song by the British band The Prodigy, released on 18 March 1996. It was the first single from their third album ""The Fat of the Land"", and their tenth single overall. It was also the group's first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying on top for three weeks, and their first big international hit, also reaching number one in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Norway. It featured Flint's punk rock-style vocals which showcased him as the group's frontman. The title and lyrics were subject of controversy in the UK because of"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"Ring of Fire (song) ""Ring of Fire"", or ""The Ring of Fire"", is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and recorded by Johnny Cash. The single appears on Cash's 1963 album, """". The song was originally recorded by June's sister, Anita Carter, on her Mercury Records album ""Folk Songs Old and New"" (1963) as ""(Love's) Ring of Fire"". ""Ring of Fire"" was ranked No. 4 on ""CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music"" in 2003 and #87 on ""Rolling Stone""'s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In June 2014, Rolling Stone ranked the"
"The Burning Fiery Furnace The Burning Fiery Furnace is an English music drama with music composed by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 77, to a libretto by William Plomer. One of Britten's three ""Parables for Church Performances"", this work received its premiere at the St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, Suffolk, England, on 9 June 1966 by the English Opera Group. Colin Graham was the stage director of this first production. Set designs were by Annena Stubbs. The United States premiere was presented at the Caramoor Summer Music Festival on June 25, 1967 with Andrea Velis as Nebuchadnezzar. The scale and manner of"
"Arthur Brown in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Their eponymous debut album, ""The Crazy World of Arthur Brown"" (1968) contained the song ""Fire"", a chart-topping hit single in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, with Crane's organ and brass arrangement to the fore. During their first tour of the United States in 1968, Crane suffered a nervous breakdown and returned to the United Kingdom where he spent 3 or 4 months in the mental hospital at Banstead. Crane rejoined the band but on a subsequent tour of the United States, the band disintegrated in June 1969 when"
"Fire and Smoke ""Fire and Smoke"" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in April 1981 as the second single and title track from the album ""Fire and Smoke"". The song was Conley's fourth top 40 country hit, and continued his recent run of success, which had started with the previous single, ""Silent Treatment"" (his first top 10 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1980). ""Fire and Smoke"" topped the success of ""Silent Treatment,"". The single was his first No. 1 hit in July"
"pressings were released on the Atlantic label proper.) The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and at No. 2 on the UK charts. The album's first single, ""Fire,"" was a global success, reaching No. 1 in the UK in August 1968, No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in North America in October 1968, No. 1 in Canada also in October, and No. 19 in Australia again in October. ""The Crazy World of Arthur Brown"" was the only album released by the band during its active tenure, and features the band's core members Arthur Brown (vocals),"
"Fire (Sean Smith song) ""Fire"" is a song by the British singer Sean Smith. It was written by Charlie Mason and Daniel Volpe (Daniel also produced it). The single was Sean's third solo single after signing to Energise Records. The track was released on 2 November 2017. The remix EP which featured remixes by Ricardo Autobahn & FNK'D UP DJ. It reached number 4 on the UK iTunes vocal album chart. The track was recorded at The Old Blacksmiths Studios in Portsmouth with the vocals engineered by Ben Whyntie. Sean's manager Stefan Pellett was also present at the recording. My"
"Feuer (song) ""Feuer"" (English translation: ""Fire"") was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in German by Ireen Sheer. This was Sheer's second Eurovision entry, in 1974 she had represented Luxembourg with ""Bye Bye I Love You"", then singing in French. The song is an up-tempo number about the power of love and how it burns ours hearts like fire. Sheer also recorded ""Feuer"" in English, as ""Fire"". The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Turkey's Nilüfer and Nazar with ""Sevince"" and preceding Monaco's Caline & Olivier Toussaint with Les jardins de Monaco"". At the"