Things We Lost in the Fire (song)

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"Things We Lost in the Fire"
Bastille Things We Lost in the Fire cover.jpg
Single by Bastille
from the album Bad Blood
B-side "Icarus"
Released23 August 2013 (2013-08-23)
Recorded2011
Genre Indie pop
Length4:01
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Dan Smith
Producer(s) Dan Smith, Mark Crew
Bastille singles chronology
"Laura Palmer"
(2013)		"Things We Lost in the Fire"
(2013)		"Oblivion"
(2013)
Music video
"Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Things We Lost in the Fire" is the sixth single by British band Bastille from their debut studio album Bad Blood . The song was released as a 7-inch single and as a digital download on 23 August 2013. [1] It received radio airplay on both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, two of the most popular British national stations. It reached number 28 in the UK Singles Chart on 15 September 2013. The song was featured in an episode of The Vampire Diaries . [2] In September 2014 the song was used as a trailer song for EastEnders . It was also used as a name of a Grey's Anatomy episode in 2015.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Things We Lost in the Fire" was shot in Kėdainiai in Lithuania. [3] It was directed by Naor Aloni, [4] and released on 13 July 2013. [5]

Track listing

Digital download [1]
  1. "Things We Lost in the Fire" – 4:00
  2. "Icarus" – 3:14
  3. "Things We Lost in the Fire" (TORN Remix) – 5:23
  4. "Things We Lost in the Fire" (Tyde Remix) – 4:50
  5. "Things We Lost in the Fire" (music video) – 4:15
  6. "Things We Lost in the Fire" (Live from Queens' College, Cambridge) (music video) – 4:06
7" single [6]
  1. "Things We Lost in the Fire" – 4:00
  2. "Icarus" (Live from Queens' College, Cambridge) – 3:14

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [27] Gold15,000*
Germany (BVMI) [28] Gold150,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Gold400,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom [1] [6] 23 August 2013 Digital download Virgin Records
26 August 2013 7-inch vinyl
Italy [30] 9 September 2013 Contemporary hit radio Universal Music

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