Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)

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"Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)"
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Single by Killing Joke
from the album Fire Dances
A-side "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)"
B-side
  • "Dominator"
ReleasedJune 1983 (June 1983)
Format 7" single
12" single
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Length13:49
Label E.G. Records
Songwriter(s) Jaz Coleman
Kevin "Geordie" Walker
Paul Raven
Paul Ferguson
Producer(s) Killing Joke
John Porter
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Birds of a Feather"
(1982)
"Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)"
(1983)
"Me or You?"
(1983)

"Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" is a song by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released as the sole single from their 1983 studio album Fire Dances , on 12" and 7" vinyl by E.G. Records in June 1983. The single reached number 51 in the UK Singles Chart and was the band's first single with a music video.

Contents

Track listings

The B-side for the 7" release was the track "Dominator", also from the album "Fire Dances". The version of this track featured on the 12" release was a longer alternative mix, titled "Dominator (Version)".

The A-side for the 12" single also included a live recording of "The Fall of Because". The alternative mix of "Dominator" was later included on the 2008 reissue of Fire Dances. [1]

7" vinyl single
Side A
  1. "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" – 03:20
Side B
  1. "Dominator" – 05:05
12" vinyl single
Side A
  1. "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" – 03:23
  2. "The Fall of Because (Live)" – 04:54
Side B
  1. "Dominator (Version)" – 05:32

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [2] 51

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References

  1. "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)" . Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.