| "Fire" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Fire_by_Ohio_Players_US_single_side-A.png) Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Ohio Players | ||||
| from the album Fire | ||||
| B-side | "Together" | |||
| Released | November 1974 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:12 (Single version) 4:36 (Album version) | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Beck, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall "Rock" Jones, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin "Merv" Pierce, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, James "Diamond" Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | Ohio Players | |||
| Ohio Players singles chronology | ||||
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"Fire" is a song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. It was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975.[3] It spent two weeks atop the soul chart. "Fire" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it peaked at No. 10.[4] The song is considered to be the band's signature one, along with "Love Rollercoaster".
- ^ Breihan, Tom (June 26, 2019). "The Number Ones: Ohio Players' "Fire"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
Instead, it's a horny and unrelenting vamp, a funk attack of towering proportions.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Walking in Rhythm: Seventies Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 60. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 437.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 193.