This Fire (song)

This Fire (song)

Infobox Single
Name = This Fire


Artist = Franz Ferdinand
from Album = Franz Ferdinand
Released = 12 November 2004
Format = CD
Recorded = 2003-2004
Genre = Post-punk revival Indie rock
Length = 4:17
Label = Domino
Writer = Alex Kapranos, Nicholas McCarthy
Producer = Tore Johansson, Franz Ferdinand
Chart position = * #8 (UK Downloads Chart)
* #17 (US Modern Rock Tracks)
Reviews =
Last single = "Michael" (2004)
This single = "This Fire" (2004)
Next single = "Do You Want To" (2005)

"This Fire" is the fifth single by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand from their eponymous album. It was not as successful as their other singles, but received widespread airplay.

It was released as a download-only single and is still available on the official [http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk Franz Ferdinand website] . The song reached #17 on the United States Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the UK Download Chart. It was featured on the in-game soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game "". The song has become part of the hockey culture in Calgary, Alberta, where it is played in every Calgary Flames home game.

The single was released in Australia as "This Fffire" ["sic"] with identical b-sides to the UK release of "Michael". The music video for the song was directed by Stylewar.

The song was later sampled for Burn This City by rapper Lil Wayne & Twista.

The album artwork to "This Fire" is based on El Lissitzky's art work; "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge"

Track listings

Lead vocals performed by Alex Kapranos.

*Australia CD
#"This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
#"Love and Destroy" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
#"Missing You" (Alex Kapranos)

*UK promo CD
#"This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
#"Darts of Pleasure" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)

*Europe CD
#"This Fffire" (Rich Costey Re-record) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
#"This Fire" (Playgroup Remix) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
#"This Fffire" (video) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)

External links

* [http://www.ttabs.com/tabs.php?id=250985 This Fire Guitar Tab]


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