"This Fire" is the fifth single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 rock band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (band)

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish post-punk revival band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band is composed of Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson .The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached #3 in...

 from their eponymous album

Franz Ferdinand (album)

Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains three UK top ten singles: "Take Me Out", "This Fire" and "The Dark of the Matinée"...

. It received widespread airplay.

It was released as a download-only single, and reached #17 on the United States

United States

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 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart and #8 on the UK Download Chart. In Australia, the song was ranked #29 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004

Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J....

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It was featured on the in-game soundtrack to the PlayStation 2

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 and Xbox

Xbox

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 video game Burnout 3: Takedown

Burnout 3: Takedown

Burnout 3: Takedown is the third game in the Burnout series of video games. Released on September 7, 2004, developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts , the game drew critical acclaim and a large fanbase.A GameCube version was planned but was scrapped during development...

. The song has become part of the hockey culture in Calgary, Alberta, where it is played in every Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

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 home game.

The single was released in Australia as "This Fffire" [sic] with identical b-sides to the UK release of "Michael

Michael (Franz Ferdinand song)

"Michael" is a song by Franz Ferdinand and was the fourth single released from their debut self-titled album. The song was notable for its homoerotic lyrics such as "stubble on my sticky lips" and "beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor"....

". The music video for the song was directed by Stylewar.

The song was later sampled for "Burn This City" by Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

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 and Twista

Twista

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The song was covered by Bedük

Bedük

Serhat Bedük , more commonly known by his stage name Bedük, is a Turkish musician.Bedük had his debut album Nefes Almak Zor released in 2004 by İrem Records. However, his rise to fame was in 2007 with his second album, Even Better released through Audiology Records...

 in his third album, called Go.

The album artwork to "This Fire" is based on El Lissitzky's

El Lissitzky

, better known as El Lissitzky , was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works...

 art work; "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge is a lithographic Soviet propaganda poster by artist Lazar Markovich Lissitzky better known as El Lissitzky...

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It was Franz's standard set closer until July 2009, when it was replaced with Lucid Dreams

Lucid Dreams

"Lucid Dreams" is a single from the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, appearing on their latest album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.- Pre-album version :...

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Music video

The music video echoes the style of 1920's-era Soviet art and propaganda (Constructivism

Constructivism (art)

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 etc.), including Cyrillic lettering, and shows the members of the band spreading a world-wide "hypnosis epidemic".

Track listings

Lead vocals performed by Alex Kapranos

Alex Kapranos

Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley , commonly known as Alex Kapranos, is a United Kingdom-based musician who is the lead singer and the guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand.-Early life:...

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• Australia CD

1. "This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos
   Alex Kapranos
   Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley , commonly known as Alex Kapranos, is a United Kingdom-based musician who is the lead singer and the guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand.-Early life:...
   
   /Nick McCarthy)
2. "Love and Destroy" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
3. "Missing You" (Alex Kapranos)

• UK promo CD

1. "This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
2. "Darts of Pleasure" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)

• Europe CD

1. "This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
2. "This Fire" (Playgroup Remix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
3. "This Fffire" (video) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)