Fire with Fire (song)

"Fire With Fire"
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Night Work
Released 1 June 2010 (South Korea)[1]
20 June 2010 (UK)
Format 10", CD, Maxi-CD
Genre Pop rock, dance-pop
Length 4:19 (Album Version)
3:41 (Radio Edit)
Label EMI, Polydor
Writer(s) Babydaddy, Jake Shears, Stuart Price
Producer Stuart Price
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Kiss You Off"
(2007)		 "Fire with Fire"
(2010)		 "Any Which Way"
(2010)
Music video
"Fire with Fire" on YouTube

"Fire With Fire" is the first single taken from American pop band Scissor Sisters' third album, Night Work. The song is featured in the video game, FIFA 11.[2][3]

The song was featured as the opening theme for the first season of MasterChef Greece.

It is also the most recent theme song for Portuguese telecommunications operator TMN.

Contents

Tracklists

CD single
  1. "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
  2. "Invisible Light" (Siriusmo Remix) - 4:32
UK 12" vinyl
  1. "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
  2. "Fire With Fire" (Rory Philips Remix)
  3. "Fire With Fire" (Acapella)
UK iTunes EP[4]
  1. "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
  2. "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Remix) - 2:42
  3. "Invisible Light" (US 12") - 7:25
Official remixes[5]
  1. "Fire With Fire" (Album Version) - 4:19
  2. "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Club Mix) - 5:30
  3. "Fire With Fire" (Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix) - 8:51
  4. "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Dub) - 6:16
  5. "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Edit) - 2:42
  6. "Fire With Fire" (Radio Edit) - 3:41

Chart performance

"Fire with Fire" debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at number 25 on 24 June 2010. The single then rose 9 places to its current peak of number 16 the following week. On 9 July 2010, the single fell 8 places to number 24.

The single also debuted at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart on 27 June 2010, marking Scissor Sister's fourth most successful single in that country after "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'","Filthy/Gorgeous" and "Comfortably Numb" reached peaks of number 1, 5 and 10 respectively. On its second week on the chart, the single fell a single place to number 12, despite the release of album Night Work.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[6] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 48
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8] 11
European Hot 100 Singles[9] 29
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[10] 97
Germany (Media Control AG)[11] 51
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 36
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 57
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[15] 11
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart[17] 90
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] 4

Music video

The music video was directed by Philip Andelman.[19]

Production notes

References

  1. ^ "Fire with Fire : Scissor Sisters - Daum 뮤직". Daum 뮤직. http://music.daum.net/album/album.do?albumId=498500. Retrieved 05 June, 2010. 
  2. ^ http://www.spinnermusic.co.uk/2010/06/11/scissor-sisters-single-england-world-cup/,
  3. ^ http://www.blagsound.com/news/fifa-2011-soundtrack-leak.blag
  4. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fire-with-fire-ep/id376823929
  5. ^ "Fire with Fire". MAXI Promotion. http://www.maxipromotion.com/?p=3168. Retrieved 04 June, 2010. 
  6. ^ "{{{artist}}} – {{{song}}} – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Scissor Sisters – Fire with fire" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Scissor Sisters – Fire with fire" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  9. ^ "Scissor Sisters Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Scissor Sisters. Prometheus Global Media.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Scissor Sisters – Fire with fire" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  11. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  12. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – {{{artist}}} – {{{song}}}". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Scissor Sisters – Fire with fire – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 Oct 10.
  15. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  16. ^ "Scissor Sisters Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Scissor Sisters. Prometheus Global Media.
  17. ^ http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=73
  18. ^ "Dance Club Songs, Best of 2010, 1-10". http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/hot-dance-club-play-songs?year=2010&begin=1&order=position. 
  19. ^ Gottlieb, Steven (17 May 2010). "SHOT: Scissor Sisters - Philip Andelman, dir.". Video Static. http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/05/shot-scissor-sisters-philip-andelman-dir.html#comments. Retrieved 04, June 2010. 

External links

Scissor Sisters
Studio albums
Extended plays
Demo albums
Singles
"Electrobix" · "Laura" · "Comfortably Numb" · "Take Your Mama" · "Mary" · "Filthy/Gorgeous" · "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" · "Land of a Thousand Words" · "She's My Man" · "Kiss You Off" · "Fire with Fire" · "Any Which Way" · "Invisible Light" · "Shady Love"
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