Fire (Beth Ditto song)

2017 single by Beth Ditto

"Fire"

Single by Beth Ditto
from the album  Fake Sugar
Released| April 3, 2017 (2017-04-03)
Genre| Southern rock
Length| 3:10
Label| Virgin
Songwriter(s)|

* Beth Ditto
* Jennifer Decilveo

Producer(s)| Jennifer Decilveo
Beth Ditto singles chronology
| "Running Low"
(2014)  | "Fire"
(2017)  |

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"Fire" is a song by American singer Beth Ditto. Produced and co-written by Jennifer Decilveo, it was released by Virgin Records in April 2017 as the lead single from Ditto's solo debut album, Fake Sugar.[1][2] The single peaked on Billboard's Alternative Songs at number 40.[3] The music video for the track was also released in April 2017.[4]

"Fire" is a Southern rock song[5] and features gospel-indebted vocals.[6]

## Critical reception[edit]

musicOMH's John Murphy stated that the track "gets things started in a suitably smouldering way, a soulful, swaggering number that’s both slow-burning and, when the chorus kicks in, gloriously unrestrained."[7] Graeme Virtue of The Guardian described the song as "a sexy mega-thumper enhanced by mournful melodica toots."[8] Stereogum critic Pranav Trewn called the song "an audacious, groovy slow-burner built on a muted bassline and sold via firecracker guitars and an impeccable-as-ever vocal performance".[9] According to The Independent's Andy Gill, the track's "predatory throb explodes into a chugging fuzz-rock boogie streaked with squalling guitars."[10]

## Charts[edit]

Chart (2017)  | Peak
position

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France (SNEP)[11] | 93
US Billboard Alternative Songs[3] | 40

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gossip's Beth Ditto Returns With a Retro Solo Single, 'Fire'". spin.com. April 3, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
2. ^ "Gossip's Beth Ditto Shares New Song 'Fire,' Off Her Debut Solo Album: Listen - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. April 3, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
3. ^ a b "Beth Ditto - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
4. ^ "Video: Beth Ditto – 'Fire'". spin.com. April 7, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
5. ^ "Fake Sugar - Beth Ditto - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
6. ^ "Beth Ditto: Fake Sugar Review". June 15, 2017.
7. ^ "Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar - Album Reviews - musicOMH". www.musicomh.com. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
8. ^ Virtue, Graeme (April 21, 2017). "Beth Ditto's Fire: a sexy mega-thumper of a torch song". Retrieved June 28, 2017 - via The Guardian.
9. ^ "Beth Ditto – 'Fire'". stereogum.com. April 3, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
10. ^ "Album reviews: Fleet Foxes, Royal Blood, Beth Ditto, and more". independent.co.uk. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
11. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 25, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

## External links[edit]

* "Fire" on YouTube

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