Fire

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Disc 2 track 3 of The Promise, 2010.

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Credits

• The Promise (2010)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percusison, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums

• Fresh Fish Special (Robert Gordon with Link Wray, 1978)
  • Robert Gordon: vocals
  • Link Wray: guitar
  • Billy Cross: guitar
  • Charlie Messing: guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen: piano
  • Rob Stoner: bass
  • Howie Wyeth: drums

Performances

Performed live 264 times (not including snippet performances). 1978-06-13 Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA 1978-06-10 Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN 1978-06-09 Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, WI 1978-06-08 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, WI 1978-06-06 Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN 1978-06-03 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 1978-06-02 Halsey Field House, Annapolis, MD 1978-05-31 Music Hall, Boston, MA 1978-05-30 Music Hall, Boston, MA 1978-05-29 Music Hall, Boston, MA 1978-05-27 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1978-05-26 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1978-05-24 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY 1978-05-23 Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY page 2 of 2« previous12

Performed per main tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) 2023 International Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 90. Springsteen On Broadway: performed at 30 show(s) of 266. Summer '17 Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 14. The River Tour 2016: performed at 2 show(s) of 75. High Hopes Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 34. Wrecking Ball Tour: performed at 3 show(s) of 134. Working On A Dream Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 83. Magic Tour: performed at 4 show(s) of 101. The Seeger Sessions Tour: performed at 6 show(s) of 56. Devils & Dust Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 72. Vote For Change Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 7. The Rising Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 120. The Reunion Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 132. The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 128. World Tour 1992-93: performed at 0 show(s) of 102. Human Rights Now! Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 20. Tunnel Of Love Express Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 67. Born In The U.S.A. Tour: performed at 21 show(s) of 156. The River Tour: performed at 95 show(s) of 138. Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour: performed at 85 show(s) of 111.

Snippets

^{Performed live 5 times as a snippet.}

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• 1999-08-22 FleetCenter, Boston, MA
• 1999-08-01 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
• 1999-07-29 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
• 1999-06-26 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1999-06-24 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden

Released on Album

Released on Fresh Fish Special (Robert Gordon with Link Wray, 1977) and The Promise (2010).

Live versions are released on Live/1975–85 (1986)/Live Collection (EP, 1986)/Fire (Single, 1987) (recorded December 16, 1978) (song) and July 7, 1978 (spoken intro)).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 22 official live downloads:

• 2017-02-16 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
• 2016-07-05 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
• 2016-05-17 Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
• 2005-11-22 Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ
• 1986-10-13 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
• 1984-08-19 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
• 1984-08-06 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
• 1981-06-05 Wembley Arena, London, England
• 1981-06-04 Wembley Arena, London, England
• 1980-12-31 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
• 1980-12-29 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
• 1980-12-28 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
• 1978-12-16 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
• 1978-12-15 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
• 1978-12-08 Summit (The), Houston, TX
• 1978-10-01 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
• 1978-09-30 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
• 1978-09-20 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
• 1978-09-19 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
• 1978-08-09 Agora (The), Cleveland, OH
• 1978-07-07 Roxy Theatre (The), West Hollywood, CA
• 1978-07-01 Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA

On The Tracks

FIRE - V1	5:14	LM-2 / DDO / DO-2 / MT1 / AM
FIRE - V2	4:05	PROMISE
FIRE - V3	2:39	GUEST: FISH

Note: Written in May 1977, a few days after Bruce and Steve attended an Elvis Presley concert in Philadelphia. V1 (which is not a final take) comes from June 17, 1977 at Atlantic Studios. Introducing the song on November 20, 1978 in Champaign, IL, Bruce said "This is a song I wrote, oh, we jammed it up in the studio one night in twenty minutes." Allegedly (and this may be myth) a finished demo take was sent to Elvis Presley in July or August 1977, shortly before his death, with the hope that Elvis might cover it. Bruce ended up donating the song to Robert Gordon, who recorded his cover (V3, with Bruce on piano) in early December 1977 (released June 1978). The Pointer Sisters then quickly covered Gordon's released version and had a major international hit in early 1979. The officially released V2 was partly recorded in 1977, and partly recorded in 2010.

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^{Studio Sessions: Darkness On the Edge of Town}

Lyrics

Fire

I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio
I'm pulling you close, you just say no
You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar
'Cause when we kiss, oh, fire

Well late at night, I'm taking you home
I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone
You say you don't love me, but you can't hide your desire
When we kiss, oh, fire

You had a hold on me right from the start
A grip so tight I couldn't tear it apart
My nerves all jumping acting like a fool
Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool

Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet their love they couldn't deny
Your words say split, but your words they lie
When we kiss, oh, fire, fire

You had a hold on me right from the start
A grip so tight I couldn't tear it apart
My nerves all jumping acting like a fool
Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool

Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet their love they couldn't deny
Your words say split, but your words they lie
When we kiss, oh, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire,
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Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

Links

• MusicBrainz

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