Fire (Scooter song)

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"Fire"
Fire scooter.jpg
Single by Scooter
from the album Age of Love
B-side "Choir Dance"
Released27 March 1997 (1997-03-27) [1]
Length3:31
Label Club Tools
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Scooter
Scooter singles chronology
"Break It Up"
(1996)
"Fire"
(1997)
"The Age of Love"
(1997)
Music video
"Fire" on YouTube

"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).

Contents

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." [2]

Track listings

Original version

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Finland5,334 [19]
Germany (BVMI) [20] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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