Making a Fire

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"Making a Fire"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Medicine at Midnight
ReleasedJune 8, 2021
RecordedOctober 2019 – February 2020
Studio Unnamed house in Encino, Los Angeles
Genre Power pop [1]
Length4:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Waiting on a War"
(2021)		"Making a Fire"
(2021)		"Love Dies Young"
(2021)
Alternate cover
Foo Fighters and Mark Ronson - Making a Fire cover art.png
Cover art for the Mark Ronson Re-version

"Making a Fire" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, the opening track on their tenth studio album, Medicine at Midnight (2021). It was released to rock radio stations on June 8, 2021, making it the album's fourth single.

Contents

Release

Prior to the release of Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters shared a snippet of "Making a Fire", along with "Cloudspotter", on February 1, 2021. [2] After the album's release, "Making a Fire" was included in the soundtrack for the baseball video game MLB The Show 21 , released in April 2021. [3] The song was released to rock-centric radio stations on June 8, 2021, making it the fourth single released from Medicine at Midnight. [4] It became Foo Fighters' 11th song to reach number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. [5] A re-recorded version of the song produced by Mark Ronson was released on June 25, 2021, featuring musicians from bands such as the Budos Band, Antibalas, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. [6]

Composition and themes

According to insider.com, "The album kicks off with the jovial tune "Making a Fire", which boasts a funky 3/4 groove. The chorus is especially catchy thanks to a gospely "na-na-na" refrain with harmonies from some female vocalists including Grohl's daughter Violet." [7] According to Rolling Stone , the song "Making a Fire" is "brighter and more optimistic than anything they’ve ever done". [8]

Track listing

Digital download [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Making a Fire" (Mark Ronson Re-version)4:30
7" [10]
No.TitleLength
1."Making a Fire" (Mark Ronson Re-version)4:30
2."Chasing Birds" (Preservation Hall Jazz Band Re-version)3:38

Charts

Mark Ronson Re-version

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Making a Fire" (Mark Ronson Re-version)
Chart (2022)Peak
position
UK Physical Singles (OCC) [21] 5
UK Vinyl Singles (OCC) [22] 3

Awards

YearAwardResults
2022 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance Won

Notes

  1. ↑ irish-charts.com incorrectly shows the charting version as being the Mark Ronson Re-Version. This is because the song charted in Ireland on February 12, 2021, which was the week after the Medicine at Midnight album was released and the Mark Ronson Re-Version was not released until June 25, 2021

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