1. Baby's On Fire - Brian Eno2. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen3. I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley4. Kerosene - Big Black5. Joan of Arc - Leonard Cohen6. Burning Up - Madonna
― dad a, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:30 (seventeen years ago)
7. Spz - On Fire
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
8. Talking Heads - Born Under the Punches9. Talking Heads - Love -> Building on Fire
― homiesexuals (Matt P), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:35 (seventeen years ago)
10. Mr Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:36 (seventeen years ago)
11. Voice of God - I'm on Fire12. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
― bnw, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:37 (seventeen years ago)
13. fugazi - margin walker
― bnw, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:39 (seventeen years ago)
14. sebadoh - on fire15. the birthday party - sonny's burning
― 6335, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:39 (seventeen years ago)
16. madonna - burnin' up
― bnw, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:40 (seventeen years ago)
Baby's on Fire - Sammy Hagar
― making some posts (james k polk), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:40 (seventeen years ago)
17. Wolfparade - This heart's on fire18. 5000 volts - I'm on fire19. Ada - Cool my fire (i'm burning)20. Robert Hood - Grace under fire21. Moonspell - Goat on fire22. Anorexic Dread - Tracey's burning
― ANML, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:40 (seventeen years ago)
23. "Baby, I'm Burning" -- Dolly Parton24. "Evening Shade" -- Dolly Parton (about a fire a an orphanage)25. "Ashes By Now" -- Rodney Crowell26. "Fire" -- Ohio Players27. "Ring of Fire" -- Johnny Cash
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:42 (seventeen years ago)
28. Dead Milkmen - If You Love Someone, Set Them on Fire
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:43 (seventeen years ago)
24. the cult - fire woman
― cutty, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:43 (seventeen years ago)
woops
liars - mr you're on fire mr
― bnw, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:43 (seventeen years ago)
26. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt!
― ANML, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:44 (seventeen years ago)
29. Baby's on Fire - Sammy Hagar
I forgot to number it the first time, but it's worth mentioning again.
30. Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
― making some posts (james k polk), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:45 (seventeen years ago)
May or may not count, depending on your interpretation: "Great Balls of Fire"
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:46 (seventeen years ago)
31. Hearts on Fire - Cut Copy
― Loader, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:47 (seventeen years ago)
32. "Hairdresser On Fire" - Morrissey
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:48 (seventeen years ago)
33 "Rainy Season" - Howard Devoto
― Sandy Blair, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:51 (seventeen years ago)
34. "Fire In The Night" - Alabama
― Euler, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
35. "Furnace Room Lullaby" -- Neko Case (song about stuffing her boyfriend's corpse into her furnace)36. "Big Bruce" -- Steve Greenberg (titular hero dies in a beauty shop blaze; I often wondered if maybe the Mozzer had it in mind, see #32)
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:53 (seventeen years ago)
37. "heatwave" martha and the vandellas
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:53 (seventeen years ago)
38. "light my fire" doors
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:54 (seventeen years ago)
39. Burning Love - Elvis Presley
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:55 (seventeen years ago)
40. "Boulder to Birmingham" -- Emmylou Harris (obliquely, given the fate of GP's corpse, but I've alwqays taken the lyrics "The last time I felt like this/it was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire/and I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn" to be a reference
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:56 (seventeen years ago)
41. Burn the Flames - Roky Erickson
― making some posts (james k polk), Monday, 9 March 2009 21:02 (seventeen years ago)
Honorable mention: "These Boots Are Made for Walking" -- Nancy SinatraNo one's burning yet, but they likely will be.
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 March 2009 21:08 (seventeen years ago)
XTC - Set Myself On Fire
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 9 March 2009 21:31 (seventeen years ago)
GG Allin & the Scumfucs - God Of Fire In Hell, assuming that whilst assuming the role of God Of Fire, GG is actually on fire himself.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Monday, 9 March 2009 21:33 (seventeen years ago)
Bigmouth Strikes Again?
― Number None, Monday, 9 March 2009 21:38 (seventeen years ago)
It would be cruel to remember Quickspace's "Arse Is On Fire", released long after they seemed to have split up, and I love them but on the basis of that they should've stayed that way.
So I won't.
― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 9 March 2009 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
^^^I was thinking about that band today! So much so I found their final album on Spotify and listened to it! Was pretty good! If not quite as good as Precious Falling!
!
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, 9 March 2009 21:57 (seventeen years ago)
45? Dan Hartman - "Relight My Fire"46. Leonard Cohen - "Who By Fire"47. Bauhaus - "Burning from the Inside"
Many, many more that weren't so explicit about a person being aflame.
― derelict, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:08 (seventeen years ago)
48. Babe, I'm on Fire
― Slumpman, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:16 (seventeen years ago)
by Nick Cave
― Slumpman, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:17 (seventeen years ago)
49. Anal Cunt - "I Lit Your Baby On Fire"
― Slumpman, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:18 (seventeen years ago)
Busta Rhymes - Light ya Ass on Fire
Amy Holland - She's on Fire
― vain_bowers, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:35 (seventeen years ago)
^^ 50 & 51
― vain_bowers, Monday, 9 March 2009 22:36 (seventeen years ago)
52. Rolling Stones: "She Was Hot" (well, at least if you count the video)
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 March 2009 23:04 (seventeen years ago)
53. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"
― henry s, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 02:37 (seventeen years ago)
54. Van Halen - On Fire
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 03:02 (seventeen years ago)
55. The Normal - "Warm Leatherette"56. McLusky - "The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire"
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 03:28 (seventeen years ago)
57. puressence - fire
― w/ sax (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 03:31 (seventeen years ago)
Madonna got counted twice, so replace one of those with The Jam - Funeral Pyre, and
58. Fear Factory - Self-Immolation59. Gram Parsons - Hearts On Fire
― dad a, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 03:48 (seventeen years ago)
60. Noel, "Silent Morning"
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 06:31 (seventeen years ago)
61. Mtn. Goats - Alpha Rats Nest
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 12:21 (seventeen years ago)
62. Nick Lowe - Burning
― Mark G, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 12:33 (seventeen years ago)
63. Sonic Youth - He's On Fire
― dad a, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 14:33 (seventeen years ago)
64. KINGS OF LEON - SEX ON FIRE
― Hreidarsson The Storm (Matt DC), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 14:33 (seventeen years ago)
65."Fire" - Pointer Sisters
― outdoor_miner, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 15:51 (seventeen years ago)
66. Electric Six - "Danger! High Voltage!"
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 16:14 (seventeen years ago)
67. Faust - "Jennifer"
― if you like it then you shoulda put a donk on it (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 16:31 (seventeen years ago)
68. Gun Club - "Jack On Fire"
― pauls00, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 16:52 (seventeen years ago)
69. Motion City Soundtrack - "The Future Freaks Me Out" ("I'm on fire/and now I think I'm ready to bust a move")
― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:10 (seventeen years ago)
70. Motörhead - fire, fire
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:32 (seventeen years ago)
71. Nig-Heist - "Balls of Fire"
― dad a, Thursday, 12 March 2009 04:16 (seventeen years ago)
72. The Fall - "Fiery Jack"
― dad a, Thursday, 12 March 2009 05:51 (seventeen years ago)
72. The Cure - Burn
"every night I burn; every night I scream your name"
Finally found long lost copy of Nick Cave's Nocturama the other day and listend to I'm on Fire in it's awesome 15 minutes long entirety about 8 times the other day. That is the MOST on fire songe on fire
― fantasimundo, Thursday, 12 March 2009 07:34 (seventeen years ago)
oops - 73
It's amazing no one's mentioned Spiritualized yet.
― Wally West, Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:01 (seventeen years ago)
74. Jean-Jacques Burnel, "Euromess"
"Don't forget young Jan PalachHe burnt a torch against the Warsaw Pact"
― Free the Northampton 1 (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:07 (seventeen years ago)
You could probably get to 100 just from Spiritualized/Spacemen 3 songs
― groovypanda, Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:14 (seventeen years ago)
The first reply to this thread mentioned Spiritualized.
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:16 (seventeen years ago)
75. The Albion Band, The Gresford Disaster
You've heard of the Gresford Disaster, Of the terrible price that was paid; Two hundred and forty two colliers were lost, And three men of the rescue brigade.
76. Dick Gaughan, "The Auchengeich Explosion"
In Auchengeich there stauns a pitThe wheel above it isnae turnin'For on a gray September mornThe fires o' Hell below were burnin'
77. The Mekons, "Trimdon Grange Explosion"
Today we may be strong and healthyBut soon there comes a changeAs we may learn from the explosionThat has been at Trimdon Grange
et al
― Free the Northampton 1 (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:18 (seventeen years ago)
78. Billie Holliday, "Strange Fruit"
― Free the Northampton 1 (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:22 (seventeen years ago)
79. KRS1 - "I Can't Wake Up"
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Thursday, 12 March 2009 14:29 (seventeen years ago)
mariah, ur on fiyah
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 March 2009 14:37 (seventeen years ago)
80 hunters and collectors everything's on fire
even though the title suggests otherwise, i think it is about a person who is on fire rather than the singer's entire world
― behind the times (gem), Thursday, 12 March 2009 14:40 (seventeen years ago)
81. The Flaming Lips - The Spontaneous Combustion of John
― dad a, Thursday, 12 March 2009 14:55 (seventeen years ago)
82. Mazzy Star - blue light
― meisenfek, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:33 (seventeen years ago)
83. Marc Reilly and the Creepers 'Baby's On Fire'
― Doran, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:17 (seventeen years ago)
84. Throbbing Gristle 'Hamburger Lady'
― Doran, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:20 (seventeen years ago)
85. "Disco Inferno" -- the Trammps86. "Jump Into the Fire" – Harry Nilsson
― mottdeterre, Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:17 (seventeen years ago)
87. The Dentists - "Water For A Man On Fire"
― Kent Burt, Sunday, 15 March 2009 19:31 (seventeen years ago)
88.
― sing everybody deutsche deutsche (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 15 March 2009 20:39 (seventeen years ago)
89. Otis Redding - The Match Game
― dad a, Monday, 16 March 2009 04:07 (seventeen years ago)
90. RFTC - a+ in arson class
91. RFTC - light me
― drone/a/sore, Monday, 16 March 2009 04:24 (seventeen years ago)
92. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
― dad a, Monday, 16 March 2009 04:35 (seventeen years ago)
93. Bonde do Role - Marina Gasolina
― Maltodextrin, Monday, 16 March 2009 05:01 (seventeen years ago)
94. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
― Maltodextrin, Monday, 16 March 2009 05:49 (seventeen years ago)
Ladytron - Burning Up
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 16 March 2009 06:44 (seventeen years ago)
doh!
95. Ladytron - Burning Up
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
― rentboy, Monday, 16 March 2009 14:08 (seventeen years ago)
that was 96 (or 95, seems Bigmouth was counted twice?)
ninety-something: The Stooges - "Dirt"
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 March 2009 22:45 (seventeen years ago)
97. Jefferson Starship, "Out of Control": Girls on fire, boys on fire
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 05:07 (seventeen years ago)
98. rainer maria - burn
― w/ sax (electricsound), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 05:08 (seventeen years ago)
99. Waco Brothers - Cowboy in Flames
― Maltodextrin, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:46 (seventeen years ago)
100. scratch acid - "crazy dan"
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:47 (seventeen years ago)
bonus track
big black - "burning indian wife"
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:49 (seventeen years ago)
In case we need one more:
"My Neighbor the Firefighter" -- Paul Barton, from the essential God Less America compilation
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 18:57 (seventeen years ago)
Somehow we missed Suicide - "Ghost Rider"
― dad a, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 20:14 (seventeen years ago)
103. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:27 (seventeen years ago)
104. Felt - My Face Is On Fire
― dad a, Monday, 13 April 2009 04:51 (seventeen years ago)