Fire (Beth Ditto song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Fire
| cover = FireBethDitto.png
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| type = single
| artist = Beth Ditto
| album = Fake Sugar
| released = {{start date|2017|4|3}}
| recorded =
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| genre = Southern rock
| length = 3:10
| label = Virgin
| writer = {{hlist|Beth Ditto|Jennifer Decilveo}}
| producer = Jennifer Decilveo
| prev_title = Running Low
| prev_year = 2014
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/04/beth-ditto-gossip-solo-single-fire/|title=Gossip's Beth Ditto Returns With a Retro Solo Single, 'Fire'|date=April 3, 2017|website=spin.com|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/72640-gossips-beth-ditto-shares-new-song-fire-off-her-debut-solo-album-listen/|title=Gossip's Beth Ditto Shares New Song 'Fire,' Off Her Debut Solo Album: Listen - Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=April 3, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} The single peaked on Billboard{{'}}s Alternative Songs at number 40. The music video for the track was also released in April 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/04/video-beth-ditto-fire/|title=Video: Beth Ditto – 'Fire'|date=April 7, 2017|website=spin.com|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}
"Fire" is a Southern rock song{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fake-sugar-mw0003038653|title=Fake Sugar - Beth Ditto - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} and features gospel-indebted vocals.{{Cite web|url = https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/beth-ditto-fake-sugar-review.html|title = Beth Ditto: Fake Sugar Review|date = June 15, 2017|access-date = June 27, 2017|archive-date = September 21, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180921083824/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/beth-ditto-fake-sugar-review.html|url-status = dead}}
Critical reception
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."{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/beth-ditto-fake-sugar|title=Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar - Album Reviews - musicOMH|website=www.musicomh.com|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} Graeme Virtue of The Guardian described the song as "a sexy mega-thumper enhanced by mournful melodica toots."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/21/beth-ditto-fire-track-of-week|title=Beth Ditto's Fire: a sexy mega-thumper of a torch song|first=Graeme|last=Virtue|date=21 April 2017|publisher=|accessdate=June 28, 2017|via=The Guardian}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1933144/beth-ditto-fire/music/|title=Beth Ditto – 'Fire'|date=April 3, 2017|website=stereogum.com|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} According to The Independent{{'}}s Andy Gill, the track's "predatory throb explodes into a chugging fuzz-rock boogie streaked with squalling guitars."{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-fleet-foxes-crack-up-beth-ditto-fake-sugar-royal-blood-how-did-we-get-so-dark-a7790191.html|title=Album reviews: Fleet Foxes, Royal Blood, Beth Ditto, and more|date=June 14, 2017|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}
Charts
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|+Chart performance for "Fire" ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Alternative Songs{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281439/beth-ditto/chart?f=377 | title=Beth Ditto - Alternative Songs | publisher=Billboard | accessdate=June 27, 2017}}
| 40 |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPbiklLnDQo "Fire"] on YouTube
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Category:Songs written by Jennifer Decilveo
Category:Songs written by Beth Ditto
Category:Virgin Records singles
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