Running Through the Fire (Storm) explained

Running Through the Fire (Storm)
Cover:Running Through the Fire (Storm).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Anika Moa
Album:Love in Motion
Released:5 April 2010
Genre:Pop, electropop[1]
Length:3:49
Label:EMI
Producer:Anika Moa, Andre Upston
Prev Title:Beside You
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Blame It on the Rain
Next Year:2010

"Running Through the Fire (Storm)" is a single by Anika Moa, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. It is the lead single from her fourth studio album, Love in Motion.

Background, composition and release

Originally under the title of "Storm",[2] Moa wrote "Running Through the Fire" for her father on the day he died.[3] She later said, "I don't like that [inspiration], so I changed it...it's a love song."[4]

"Running Through the Fire" is an electropop-rock song,[5] and contains 1980s pop influences. and makes use of the electric guitar.[6]

The song was released in March 2010.[7]

Reception

In album reviews, Jo Tindling of Amplifier and Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald compared "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" to the work of Ladyhawke.[8] [9]

The song was a finalist for the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll, a peer-judged songwriting award,[10] but lost to The Naked and Famous' "Young Blood".[11] It is Moa's third song to be nominated for the award, with "Stolen Hill" and "Dreams in My Head" being the previous two.[12]

On the chart dated 12 April 2010, the song appeared on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number thirty-eight. It slipped out of the chart the following week.[13]

Music video and live performances

The music video for the single, funded by New Zealand On Air,[14] was directed by Tim van Dammen.[15] A one shot, it features Moa playing an electric guitar and singing with her backing band, then walking around a garden in the night. Rays of light stream from Moa as she walks.

Live performances

Moa performed "Running Through the Fire" on Close Up on 5 April 2010,[2] the day that the album, Love in Motion, was released in New Zealand.[16] The following day she played the song on Breakfast, live from Mission Bay.[4] At the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards, held on 7 October 2010, Moa sang the song, accompanied by Julia Deans.[17]

Moa also performed the song on her Love in Motion tour in May and June 2010,[18] and The Datsuns covered the tune at the awards ceremony of the APRA Silver Scroll, for which the song was a finalist, on 8 September 2010.[19] Band Together, a benefit concert was held in North Hagley Park in response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake on 23 October 2010, which Moa appeared at. Her performance of "Running Through the Fire" was recorded and included on the album .[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anika Moa's tough love album. The New Zealand Herald. Scott. Kara. 1 April 2010. 13 April 2010.
  2. Anika Moa performs 'Running Through The Fire'. https://web.archive.org/web/20100522033734/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5dkN8I-4s . 2010-05-22 . dead. Mike Hosking (host). Close Up. YouTube. 5 April 2010. 13 July 2010.
  3. Anika Moa: Love in Motion. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060212/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/album/pi_albumid/1500 . NZ Musician . 15 . 7 . June–July 2010 . 6 March 2012 . dead . Amanda . Mills. 14 July 2010.
  4. Breakfast: Tāmati and Anika Moa . https://web.archive.org/web/20140608142338/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9bKvDOJfygl . 2014-06-08 . dead. Tāmati Coffey (reporter); Paul Henry, Pippa Wetzell (hosts); Anika Moa (interviewee) . Breakfast (Television New Zealand) . YouTube . 6:34 . 6 April 2010 . 1 August 2010.
  5. News: Review:Anika Moa – Love in Motion . Kristin . MacFarlane . . . B3 . 10 April 2010.
  6. News: Universal love stories . Grant . Smithies . . . 32 . 23 May 2010.
  7. News: Running Through the Fire (Storm) – Anika Moa . . . 23 December 2010.
  8. Web site: Anika Moa – Love In Motion. Amplifier. Jo. Tindling. 14 May 2010. 15 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100522014830/http://www.amplifier.co.nz/review/57047/anika-moa-love-in-motion.html. 22 May 2010. Alt URL
  9. Web site: Love In Motion. The New Zealand Herald. Scott. Kara. 8 April 2010. 15 May 2010.
  10. APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2010 . . 29 July 2010 . http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00404/apra-silver-scroll-awards-2010.htm . 29 July 2010 . 31 July 2010.
  11. News: The Naked and Famous win APRA Silver Scroll . Hugh . Sundae . . 8 September 2010 . 8 September 2010.
  12. Web site: Silver Scroll award short list named . Scott . Kara . . 29 July 2010 . 1 August 2010.
  13. Web site: Anika Moa – Running Through The Fire (Storm). charts.nz. 13 April 2010.
  14. Web site: News . . 18 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100604231600/http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/newsnewsletters/newsletter_2010_03_18.aspx . 4 June 2010 . dead . 31 July 2010.
  15. Anika Moa - Running Though The Fire HD.mov . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/5Jb_G2brpwM . 2021-12-15 . live. 16 March 2010 . . YouTube . 1 August 2010.
  16. Web site: Love In Motion. iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 7 April 2010.
  17. Web site: Anika Moa Live at the 2010 VNZMAs . . 15 October 2010.
  18. News: Moa delivers amazing, engaging performance . Katarina . Filipe . . . 9 . 4 June 2010.
  19. 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards . NZ Musician . 9 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060328/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/2084 . 6 March 2012 . dead . 15 October 2010.
  20. Web site: Band Together :- Concert for Canterbury . Marbecks . 23 December 2010.

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