"After the Fire" is a song from the solo album Under a Raging Moon

Under a Raging Moon

Under a Raging Moon is Roger Daltrey's sixth solo album issued in September, 1985, which includes several drummers' tributes to Keith Moon, former drummer of The Who who died in 1978. The album reached number 42 on the U.S. charts, and the single "After the Fire" written by Pete Townshend reached...

released by Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...

 of The Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

. The song was written by Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

, also of The Who, and was considered a hit for Daltrey, receiving extensive play on MTV

MTV

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.

The recording was produced by Alan Shacklock

Alan Shacklock

Alan Shacklock is an English musician, composer, arranger and recording producer who currently lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee...

 and recorded at RAK Recording Studios and Odyssey Studios

Odyssey Studios

Odyssey Studios was a recording studio based near Marble Arch in London and opened in 1979. It was set up by Wayne Bickerton as an extension from State Records, the label he had set up with Tony Waddington and John Fruin in 1975...

, London

London

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. The album Under a Raging Moon was released on the Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 label (81269-1) in the U.S. in 1985, and singles were also released in other countries in the same year.

Tracklists

UK release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"
• "Love Me Like You Do"

Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"

Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"

Italy

Italy

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 release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"

Japan

Japan

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 release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"

Mexico release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

release, 1985:

• "After The Fire,"
• "It Don't Satisfy Me"