Calling, calling
The sun is burning black
Calling, calling
It's beating on my back
With a fire
With a fire
Calling, calling
The moon is running red
Calling, calling
It's pulling me instead
With a fire, fire
But there's a fire inside and I'm falling over
There's a fire in me when I call out
I built a fire, fire
I'm going home
Calling, calling
The stars are falling down
Calling, calling
They knock me to the ground
With a fire, fire
But there's a fire inside when I'm falling over
There's a fire in me when I call out
There's a fire inside when I'm falling over
I built a fire, fire
I'm going home
Composed by U2 / Bono
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About "Fire"
From the original U2 Album "October" (12 October 1981)
History
Some vinyl and cassette versions of U2's debut album Boy included a 30-second instrumental hidden track after the album's closer, "Shadows and Tall Trees". This track featured the same guitar riff as the one from "Fire". It was not until the release of the 2008 Deluxe Edition of Boy and its bonus CD that this track was proven to actually be "Saturday Night", a previously unreleased song that featured the same guitar riff from "Fire" and almost the same instrumentation, but with different lyrics. "Saturday Night" was eventually rewritten into what became "Fire".
The October album version of "Fire" was recorded at a studio in the Bahamas while U2 took a break from the Boy Tour in April 1981.
After its initial release, "Fire" was U2's first song to chart in the UK, where it managed to break the top 40, peaking at #35. This chart position would not be surpassed until 1983's "New Year's Day."
Live performances
"Fire" was played live for the first time on 27 May 1981 a month after the album version was recorded. It was the second of two October songs played on the Boy Tour with the first being "I Fall Down." "Fire" was a setlist regular for much of the October Tour, although it was not played at any of the tour's shows where U2 acted as support for the J. Geils Band. It then appeared on the War Tour's "Pre-Tour", and its final live performance was at the first proper date of the War Tour on 26 February 1983. Most of its live appearances were in the encore, often as the first encore song. "Fire" was also the song U2 played for their first appearance on Top of the Pops. [From Wikipedia]
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