Fight Fire with Fire (Kansas song)

1983 single by Kansas

"Fight Fire With Fire"

Single by Kansas
from the album  Drastic Measures
B-side| "Incident on a Bridge"
Released| August 1983 [1]
Recorded| Early 1983
Genre| Hard rock
Length| 3:40
Label| CBS Associated
Songwriter(s)| Dino Elefante, John Elefante
Producer(s)| Kansas, Neil Kernon
Kansas singles chronology
| "Chasing Shadows"
(1982)  | "Fight Fire With Fire"
(1983)  | "Everybody's My Friend"
(1983)

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"Fight Fire with Fire" is a song by American band Kansas, written by John and Dino Elefante for the 1983 album Drastic Measures. Charting at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] it became the twelfth Kansas single to chart on the Top 100. It was promoted with a music video starring Dan Shor, which was blown up to 35 mm film and displayed as a trailer in movie theaters.[3]

The song was re-released on several compilation and live albums, including The Best of Kansas, The Ultimate Kansas, Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection, and the live CD/DVD combos Device, Voice, Drum and There's Know Place Like Home.

## Charts

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Chart (1983)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 58
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[5] | 3

## References

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1. ^ "Kansas singles".
2. ^ "Fight Fire with Fire" chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
3. ^ Iozzia, David. Who... What... Where... with John Elefante, Dave's On Tour. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
4. ^ "Kansas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
5. ^ "Kansas Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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* Phil Ehart
* Rich Williams
* Billy Greer
* Tom Brislin
* Ronnie Platt
* Joe Deninzon
* Zak Rizvi

* Kerry Livgren
* Dave Hope
* Robby Steinhardt
* Steve Walsh
* John Elefante
* Steve Morse
* Greg Robert
* David Manion
* David Ragsdale

Studio albums|

* Kansas
* Song for America
* Masque
* Leftoverture
* Point of Know Return
* Monolith
* Audio-Visions
* Vinyl Confessions
* Drastic Measures
* Power
* In the Spirit of Things
* Freaks of Nature
* Always Never the Same
* Somewhere to Elsewhere
* The Prelude Implicit
* The Absence of Presence

Live albums|

* Two for the Show
* Live at the Whisky
* King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas
* Dust in the Wind
* Device – Voice – Drum
* There's Know Place Like Home

Compilations|

* The Best of Kansas
* Carry On
* The Kansas Boxed Set
* The Ultimate Kansas
* Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection
* On the Other Side
* Works in Progress

Singles|

* "Song for America"
* "Carry On Wayward Son"
* "What's on My Mind"
* "Point of Know Return"
* "Dust in the Wind"
* "Portrait (He Knew)"
* "People of the South Wind"
* "Hold On"
* "Play the Game Tonight"
* "Fight Fire with Fire"
* "All I Wanted"

Other songs|

* "The Wall"

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