Fire Water Burn

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"Fire Water Burn"

Cover of the European single release of "Fire Water Burn"
Single by The Bloodhound Gang
from the album One Fierce Beer Coaster
Released	April 3, 1997
Format	CD, 12"
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative Rock Rap Rock
Length	4:51
Label	Jimmy Franks Recording Company Republic Records Geffen Records (1998 re-release)
Producer(s)	Jimmy Pop
The Bloodhound Gang singles chronology
"Mama Say" 1995	"Fire Water Burn" 1997	"Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" 1997

Fire Water Burn is the first single from The Bloodhound Gang's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album One Fierce Beer Coaster. The chorus of the song is taken from the song The Roof Is on Fire by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, yet sung considerably slower. The song ranked the among the top songs on the Billboard Charts in 1997, reaching #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and also #28 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. Fire Water Burn was also in the soundtrack of Fahrenheit 9/11, The Nutty Professor and CKY4.^[1]

1 Music video
2 Outside references
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Music video

Fire Water Burn's music video features the band performing on in a retirement home's cafeteria. As the song progresses, Jimmy Pop leaves the stage and begins perform numerous spontaneous actions in front of a group of unresponsive senior citizens, including dancing suggestively on tables and making unusual facial gestures. The video culminates when the elderly notice the band, and and are rejuvenated by the band's performance. With the retirement home filled with a rock concert-like atmosphere, the band exits the stage with several senior citizens. The final shot of the video reveals that the retirement home was specially designated for the hearing impaired.

[edit] Outside references

Fire Water Burn makes references that allude to pop culture actors, television shows, and authors from the past.^[2] Examples from the song include:

Han Solo, a character from the Star Wars series, who was portrayed by Harrison Ford
Barry White, a disco and soul musician and producer
Frank Black, an alternative rock musician who led the Pixies
John F. Kennedy, a former United States president
Marvin Gaye, a soul and Rhythm and blues musician
Martha Raye, an actress and musician
Lawrence Welk, a musician and television icon
Kurt Cobain, a grunge rock musician from the band Nirvana
Mark Twain, an author and satirist from the 1800s and early 1900s
Jimi Hendrix, a psychedelic and hard rock musician from the 1960s
Emmanuel Lewis, an actor that gained much fame in the 1980s
Webster a television show from 1980s that featured Emmanuel Lewis