"World on Fire" is a song by Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...

, from her Afterglow album (2003). It was released as the third single off the album in 2004, with a 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...

 directed by Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...

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The video for "World on Fire" opens with the claim of having cost $150,000, despite the ensuing low-quality footage of a barefoot McLachlan in a plain room playing her guitar. The video continues to reveal it actually cost $15, then tracking (in animated and videotaped segments) how the remainder went to enriching lives all around the globe through charity donations.

Track listing

CD MaxiSingle

1. "World on Fire" – 4:22
2. "World on Fire" – Live Version 4:16
3. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL
   Junkie XL
   Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....
   
    Radio Mix 3:46
4. "World on Fire" – Solarstone "Afterhours" mix 8:42
5. "World on Fire" – Enhanced Video 4:22

UK Promo

1. "World on Fire" – 4:22
2. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL Radio Mix 3:46

US Promo

1. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL Radio Mix 3:48
2. "World on Fire" – Radio Mix 4:28
3. "World on Fire" – 4:23
4. Call Out Hook – 0:10

US Promo (Vinyl)

1. "World on Fire" – JXL Club Mix 12:24
2. "World on Fire" – JXL Club Mix Edit 6:28
3. "World on Fire" – Marius De Vries Mix 4:49

CAN Promo

1. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL Radio Mix 3:46
2. "World on Fire" – Tom Lord Alge Radio Mix 4:25
3. "World on Fire" – Album Version 4:22
4. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL Mix Show Edit 6:25

UK Promo (Vinyl)

1. "World on Fire" – Junkie XL Mix
2. "Stupid" – Hyper Mix

Charts

Chart	Position
Billboard Adult Contemporary (U.S.)	14
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (U.S.)	2
UK Singles Chart	72
Dutch Singles Chart	92

Additional information

• The eleven charitable organizations McLachlan chose to donate the production costs of the World On Fire are Carolina for Kibera
  Carolina for Kibera
  Founded in 2001 by Rye Barcott, Salim Mohamed, and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, Carolina for Kibera is a 501 international non-governmental organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. CFK has an office and youth center in Kibera, as well as support services based at the Center for...
  
  , Comic Relief, CARE USA
  CARE (relief)
  CARE is a broad-spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty. It is non-political, non-sectarian and operates annually in more than 70 countries across the globe.One of the organization’s primary focuses in its fight to eradicate...
  
  , DORCAS
  Dorcas
  Dorcas was a disciple who lived in Joppa, referenced in the Book of Acts of the Bible. Acts recounts that when she died, she was mourned by "all the widows ... crying and showing the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them."...
  
  , Engineers Without Borders (Canada)
  Engineers Without Borders (Canada)
  Engineers Without Borders Canada , abbreviated EWB or ISF, is a non-governmental organization devoted to international development...
  
  , Help the Aged
  Help the Aged
  Help the Aged was a United Kingdom based, international charity, founded in 1961 by Cecil Jackson-Cole, to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect. It merged with Age Concern in 2009 to form Age UK.-Organisation and campaigns:...
  
  , Film Aid, War Child
  War Child
  War Child or Warchild may refer to:* Child soldiers, children who are used in war, as soldiers or in combat support* Military brat, military slang for a child or teenager of a military family* Refugee, children who are refugees of war...
  
  , Heifer International
  Heifer International
  Heifer International is a global nonprofit with the goal of ending poverty and hunger in a sustainable fashion. Established in 1944, Heifer International gives out gifts of livestock, seeds and trees and extensive training to those in need...
  
  , ITDG, and Action Aid.
• The video was inspired by a letter from an Engineers Without Borders (Canada)
  Engineers Without Borders (Canada)
  Engineers Without Borders Canada , abbreviated EWB or ISF, is a non-governmental organization devoted to international development...
  
  volunteer.
• The song was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA Soccer 2005.

External links

• World on Fire music video on Youtube
• Media That Matters page on the video