Fire With Fire (song)
Encyclopedia
"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
.
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
.
UK 12" vinyl
UK iTunes EP
Official remixes
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.
Production notes
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
' third album, Night Work
Night Work (album)
-Commercial performance:The album debuted at number eighteen on the US Billboard 200, selling 18,260 copies in its first week, giving Scissor Sisters their second top 20 album....
. The song is featured in the video game, FIFA 11
FIFA 11
FIFA 11 is the 18th title in Electronic Arts' FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it was published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label...
.
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
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
telecommunications operator TMN
Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais
TMN – Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais, S.A., headquartered in Lisbon, is Portugal's first mobile communications company, both chronologically and in market share.-Chronology:1991...
.
Tracklists
CD single- "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
- "Invisible Light" (Siriusmo Remix) - 4:32
UK 12" vinyl
- "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
- "Fire With Fire" (Rory Philips Remix)
- "Fire With Fire" (Acapella)
UK iTunes EP
- "Fire With Fire" - 4:19
- "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Remix) - 2:42
- "Invisible Light" (US 12") - 7:25
Official remixes
- "Fire With Fire" (Album Version) - 4:19
- "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Club Mix) - 5:30
- "Fire With Fire" (RauhoferPeter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Reconstruction Mix) - 8:51 - "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Dub) - 6:16
- "Fire With Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Edit) - 2:42
- "Fire With Fire" (Radio Edit) - 3:41
Chart performance
"Fire with Fire" debuted on the Irish Singles ChartIrish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
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
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
on 27 June 2010, marking Scissor Sister's fourth most successful single in that country after "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
I Don't Feel like Dancin'
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin" is the first single from the second album by the American pop band Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah. It was written with Elton John, who provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in Australia and Canada. The song was written by Elton John, Scott Hoffman...
","Filthy/Gorgeous
Filthy/Gorgeous
"Filthy/Gorgeous" is a song by American disco group Scissor Sisters and is the seventh track on their self-titled debut album . It was released as the last single from that album in the UK and despite this, it was surprisingly successful commercially, peaking at #5 in the UK Singles Chart in...
" and "Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb
"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, which first appears on the 1979 double album, The Wall. It was also released as a single in the same year with "Hey You" as the B-side. It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between Roger...
" 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 |
|---|---|
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Singles Chart | 90 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 4 |
Music video
The music video was directed by Philip Andelman.Production notes
- Artist: Scissor Sisters
- Song: Fire with Fire
- Label: Polydor UK
- Director: Philip Andelman
- Production Co: Partizan
- Producer: Billy Parks
- Director Of Photography: Omer Ganai