Beauty on the Fire

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"Beauty on the Fire"
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Single by Natalie Imbruglia
from the album White Lilies Island
B-side
  • "Broken Thread"
  • "Standing There"
  • "Cold Air"
Released3 June 2002 (2002-06-03)
Studio Studio Milk, Crashpad (London, England)
Length3:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Natalie Imbruglia singles chronology
"Wrong Impression"
(2002)
"Beauty on the Fire"
(2002)
"Shiver"
(2005)
Music video
"Beauty On The Fire" on YouTube

"Beauty on the Fire" is the third and final single from Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia's second studio album, White Lilies Island (2001). The single charted at No. 26 in the United Kingdom, No. 27 in Italy, and No. 78 in Australia. The single re-entered the charts in 2008 after it was used in an episode of BBC One's Holby City .

Contents

Track listings

Australian CD single [1]

  1. "Beauty on the Fire" (radio mix) – 3:54
  2. "Broken Thread" – 3:52
  3. "Standing There" – 3:56
  4. "Cold Air" – 5:00
  5. "Beauty on the Fire" (enhanced video) – 3:54

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Beauty on the Fire" (radio mix) – 3:54
  2. "Beauty on the Fire" (Junkie XL mix) – 10:42
  3. "Broken Thread" – 3:52

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Beauty on the Fire" (album version) – 4:22
  2. "Cold Air" – 5:00
  3. "Standing There" – 3:56
  4. "Beauty on the Fire" (enhanced video)

European CD single [4]

  1. "Beauty on the Fire" (radio mix) – 3:54
  2. "Beauty on the Fire" (Junkie XL mix) – 10:42

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the White Lilies Island album booklet. [5]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 78
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [7] 10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 97
Italy (FIMI) [9] 21
Scotland (OCC) [10] 27
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 26

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States3 June 2002 Hot adult contemporary radio RCA [12]
United Kingdom22 July 2002
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[13]
Denmark19 August 2002CD [14]
Germany [15]
Sweden [16]
Australia2 September 2002RCA [17]

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