Fire with Fire (song)

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"Fire with Fire"
Scissor Sisters Fire With Fire.jpg
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Night Work
ReleasedJune 1, 2010 (2010-06-01) (South Korea) [1]
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:13 (album version)
  • 3:41 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Stuart Price
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Kiss You Off"
(2007)
"Fire with Fire"
(2010)
"Any Which Way"
(2010)
Music video
"Fire with Fire" on YouTube

"Fire with Fire" is the first single taken from American pop band Scissor Sisters' third album, Night Work . It reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart entered the top 40 in Austria and Ireland. The song is featured in the video game FIFA 11 . [2] [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Philip Andelman. [4]

Production notes

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Fire with Fire" – 4:19
  2. "Invisible Light" (Siriusmo Remix) – 4:32

UK 12-inch vinyl

  1. "Fire with Fire" – 4:19
  2. "Fire with Fire" (Rory Philips Remix)
  3. "Fire with Fire" (a cappella)

UK iTunes EP [5]

  1. "Fire with Fire" – 4:19
  2. "Fire with Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Remix) – 2:42
  3. "Invisible Light" (US 12") – 7:25

Official remixes [6]

  1. "Fire with Fire" (album version) – 4:19
  2. "Fire with Fire" (Digital Dog Club Mix) – 5:30
  3. "Fire with Fire" (Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix) – 8:51
  4. "Fire with Fire" (Digital Dog Dub) – 6:16
  5. "Fire with Fire" (Digital Dog Radio Edit) – 2:42
  6. "Fire with Fire" (radio edit) – 3:41

Chart performance

"Fire with Fire" debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at number 25 on June 24, 2010. The single then rose nine places to its current peak of number 16 the following week. On July 9, 2010, the single fell eight places to number 24. The single also debuted at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart on June 27, 2010, marking Scissor Sisters' fourth-highest-charting single in that country. On its second week on the chart, the single fell a single place to number 12 despite the release of Night Work.

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