Fire Lake

"Fire Lake" is a song written and recorded by American musical artist Bob Seger. Seger planned to record "Fire Lake" for his 1975 album Beautiful Loser, but the track was not finished. The song had been partly written years before, in 1971, and was finally finished in 1979 and released in 1980 on Seger's album Against the Wind. It reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] A much appreciated live rendition of the song also has been made.^[2]^[3]

Background and writing

Seger and colleagues decided to make "Fire Lake" the first single from Against the Wind because it was "totally and unequivocally unlike anything I'd ever done before."

"The lyric is very ... different ... and very kind of unique. It's about taking risks. About risking love, chucking it all and just heading off with a bunch of wild people, whatever."
"It is one of my favorite lyrics down through the years, and the track is very unusual. It's sort of an R&B meets country kind of thing."
"I really wanted it to be the first single but I never thought Capitol would agree to it, and I believe it was Punch (Andrews, Seger's manager and often co-producer) who talked them into it. What I liked about it was that it broke new ground for us. It really showed that we were unafraid to push the envelope of what we were doing before, which was basically pretty hot rock and roll, you know, with a few ballads thrown in."

Production

Three of the Eagles provided the backing vocals for this track: Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit. Seger's recording engineer David Cole makes reference to the song on his website when he talks of his history with Seger: "I was there when the Eagles sang 'Who wants to go to Fire Lake?' and many other great moments during the Stranger in Town album".^[4]

References in pop culture

The song is mentioned by Stephen Colbert in an interview with Eminem about Michigan´s musical heritage.^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report^[6]	57
Belgian VRT Top 30	21
Canadian RPM Top 100	3
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	4
Dutch Singles Chart	26
French Singles Chart	41
New Zealand Singles Chart	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	31

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	68

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Pop Songs: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
↑ "Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Fire Lake". YouTube. 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ "Bob Seger- Fire Lake". YouTube. 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ "David Cole homepage". Davidcolemusic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
↑ "Only In Monroe - July 2015". YouTube. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Bob Seger Craig Frost Chris Campbell Alto Reed Drew Abbott Charlie Allen Martin Dave Teegarden Rick Manasa Robyn Robbins Dawayne Bailey
The Bob Seger System albums	Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969) Noah (1969) Mongrel (1970)
Bob Seger solo albums	Brand New Morning (1971) Smokin' O.P.'s (1972) Back in '72 (1973) Seven (1974) Beautiful Loser (1975) Face the Promise (2006) Ride Out (2014)
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band albums	Night Moves (1976) Stranger in Town (1978) Against the Wind (1980) The Distance (1982) Like a Rock (1986) The Fire Inside (1991) It's a Mystery (1995)
Live albums	Live Bullet (1976) Nine Tonight (1981)
Compilations	The Bob Seger Collection (1979) Greatest Hits (1994) Greatest Hits 2 (2003) Early Seger Vol. 1 (2009) Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (2011)
Singles	"The Lonely One" (1961) "TGIF" (1965) "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" (1966) "East Side Story" (1966) "Sock It to Me Santa" (1966) "Persecution Smith" (1966) "Vagrant Winter" (1967) "Heavy Music" (1967) "2 + 2 = ?" (1968) "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (1969) "Ivory" (1969) "Noah" (1969) "Innervenus Eyes" (1969) "Lucifer" (1970) "Lookin' Back" (1971) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1972) "Who Do You Love" (1972) "Midnight Rider" (1973) "Turn the Page" (1973) "Back in '72" / "Rosalie" (1973) Need Ya / Seen Alot of Floors (1973) "UMC (Upper Middle Class)" (1974) "Get Out of Denver" (1974) "Beautiful Loser" (1975) "Katmandu" (1975) "Nutbush City Limits" (live) (1976) "Travelin' Man" (1976) "Night Moves" (1976) "Mainstreet" (1976) "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" (1976) "The Fire Down Below" (1977) "Sunspot Baby" (1977) "Hollywood Nights" (1978) "We've Got Tonite" (1978) "Still the Same" (1978) "Old Time Rock and Roll" (1979) "Fire Lake" (1980) "Against the Wind" (1980) "You'll Accomp'ny Me" (1980) "The Horizontal Bop" (1980) "Her Strut" (1980) "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" (1981) "Feel Like a Number" (live) (1981) "Hollywood Nights" (live) (1981) "We've Got Tonite" (live) (1982) "Shame on the Moon" (1982) "Even Now" (1983) "Roll Me Away" (1983) "Understanding" (1984) "American Storm" / "Fortunate Son" (1986) "Like a Rock" (1986) "It's You" (1986) "Miami" (1986) "Shakedown" (1987) "Blue Monday" (1989) "Take a Chance" (1991) "The Real Love" (1991) "The Fire Inside" (radio edit) (1991) "In Your Time" (1994) "C'est La Vie" / "Night Moves" (1994) "Lock and Load" (rock mix) (1995) "Manhattan" (1995) "Hands in the Air" (1996) "Chances Are" (with Martina McBride) (1998) "Landing in London" (with 3 Doors Down) (2005) "Wait for Me" (2006) "Wreck This Heart" (2006) "Downtown Train" (2011) "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)" (2011) "Detroit Made" (2014) "You Take Me In" (2014) "Glenn Song" (2017)
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