Heart on Fire (Eric Church song) explained

Heart on Fire
Cover:Heart on Fire Eric Church.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Eric Church
Album:Heart
Genre:Country rock[1]
Length:4:18
Label:EMI Nashville
Producer:Jay Joyce
Chronology:Eric Church
Prev Title:Hell of a View
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:Doing Life with Me
Next Year:2022

"Heart on Fire" is a song recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released on July 12, 2021, as second single from Church's studio album Heart.[2] The song was written by Church, and produced by Jay Joyce.[3]

Background

Church told the story behind the song in a press release: ""Heart On Fire" was the first song we recorded when we got to North Carolina, I already had pretty much, I wrote this song by myself, but I already had this song on the rails and we were heading down the path of what this was going to be. I thought we needed to kind of break the ice and get started on something, [...] This was the song that was kind of the icebreaker for the whole project, and I credit this song a lot for getting us to where we ended up getting to with the project."[4]

Content

Website popculture.com described "Heart On Fire" as "an up-tempo, Southern rock-infused track looking back on a young love". The song quotes many classic rock songs, including "All Shook Up" (1957) by Elvis Presley, "American Pie" (1971) by Don McLean, "Paradise City" (1989) by Guns N' Roses and "New York Minute" (1990) by Don Henley.[5]

Critical reception

Robyn Collins of Taste of Country opined that the track has "a jangly John Mellencamp kind of organic-feeling drive".[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2021–2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)[7] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] 21
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 38

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
VariousJanuary 29, 2021EMI Nashville[10]
United StatesJuly 12, 2021Country radio[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric Church’s New Song 'Heart on Fire' Is a Blast of Bar-Band Country. Rolling Stone. Hudak. Joseph. January 29, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  2. Web site: Eric Church is Most Added With New Single "Heart On Fire". Universal Music Group Nashville. July 12, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  3. Web site: Eric Church Turns Up The Heat On New Track "Heart On Fire". https://web.archive.org/web/20210129213722/http://www.cmt.com/news/1829711/eric-church-heart-on-fire-new-song/. dead. January 29, 2021. CMT. Nicholson. Jessica. January 29, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  4. Web site: Eric Church Shares the Story Behind His Nostalgic New Single, ‘Heart On Fire’. Country Now. O'Connell. Madeleine. July 7, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  5. Web site: Eric Church Shares the Story Behind New Single 'Heart on Fire'. popculture.com. Barnes. Hannan. July 8, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  6. Web site: Eric Church Remembers Young Love in Passionate 'Heart on Fire' [Listen]]. Taste of Country. Collins. Robyn. July 9, 2021. October 17, 2021.
  7. Web site: Country Hot 50: Issue 1368. The Music Network. November 21, 2021.
  8. Web site: Country Airplay – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 1, 2022.
  9. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 1, 2022.
  10. Web site: Eric Church - Heart On Fire. Amazon. October 17, 2021.
  11. Web site: Future Releases for Country Radio Stations. All Access. October 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705223911/https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases. July 5, 2021.

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