"Serpentine Fire" was a hit song by Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...

. Released from their hit album, All 'N All

All 'N All

All 'N All is the eighth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. The album features songs such as "I'll Write A Song For You", "Serpentine Fire", "Love's Holiday", and the pop hit "Fantasy". A remastered version of the LP was issued in 2002...

, it spent seven weeks at the top spot of the R&B singles chart, becoming the number 1 R&B single of 1978. Also, it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart in the February 11, 1978 issue. Released in 1977, the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song featured the band performing the song in a supposed pyramid.

Chart positions

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	13
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to "Serpentine Fire" is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net.

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Dave Marsh Dave Marsh Dave Marsh is an American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host. He was a formative editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on...	U.S.	The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made	1989	307
Bruce Pollock	U.S.	The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000	2005	*
pc muñoz	U.S.	Verse-Chorus-Verse: A Column Dedicated to Great Songs	2005	*

(*) designates lists that are unordered.