Fire (Scooter song) explained

Fire
Cover:	File:Fire_scooter.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Scooter
Album:	Age of Love
B-Side:	Choir Dance
Length:	3:31
Label:	Club Tools
Producer:	Scooter
Prev Title:	Break It Up
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	The Age of Love
Next Year:	1997

"Fire" is a song by German hard dance band Scooter, released on 27 March 1997 as the first single from their fourth album, Age of Love (1997).

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, writing, "The German outfit mesh thrashing guitars with a pumping dance beat, giving off enough energy to rip the roof off. Should blaze a trail into the Top 30."^[1]

Track listings

Original version

• CD maxi

1. "Fire" – 3:31
2. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10
3. "Choir Dance" – 4:19
4. "Fire Dub 1" – 4:59

• Limited CD maxi

1. "Fire" – 3:31
2. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10
3. "Choir Dance" – 4:19
4. "Fire Dub 1" – 4:59
5. "Hyper Hyper" (live) – 5:02

• 12-inch

1. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10
2. "Fire Dub 1" – 4:59
3. "Fire Dub 2" – 5:12

• Cassette

1. "Fire" – 3:31
2. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10

• US CD maxi

1. "Fire" (album version) – 3:31
2. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10
3. "Fire" (Klubbheads remix) – 6:53
4. "Fire" (DONS Burn Rubber mix) – 6:32
5. "Fire Dub 2" – 5:12

• French CD single

1. "Fire" – 3:31
2. "Fire Dub 1" – 4:59

• US 12-inch

1. "Fire" (Extended Emergency) – 5:10
2. "Fire" (Klubbheads remix) – 6:53
3. "Fire" (album version) – 3:31
4. "Fire" (DONS Burn Rubber mix) – 6:32
5. "Hyper Hyper" (live) – 5:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[2]	16
Hungary (Mahasz)^[3]	2
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[4]	30

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[5]	32
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[6]	94
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	45
Romania (Romanian Top 100)^[8]	45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	64

Notes and References

1. Reviews: Singles. Music Week. 19 April 1997. 29. 15 May 2022.
2. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 14. 21. 12. 24 May 1997.
3. Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 14. 21. 14. 24 May 1997. 6 May 2018. See LW column.
4. Hot Dance Music: Club Play. Billboard. 110. 5. 46. 31 January 1998.
5. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 1997. austriancharts.at. de. 19 February 2020.
6. Year in Focus: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1997. Music & Media. 14. 52. 7. 27 December 1997.
7. Web site: Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1997. GfK Entertainment. de. 19 February 2020.
8. Web site: Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 1997. ro. Romanian Top 100. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050922001105/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html. September 22, 2005.
9. Web site: Årslista Singlar, 1997. Sverigetopplistan. sv. 19 February 2020.