Ozzy Osbourne, on his 2005 album Under Cover.Lizzy Mercier Descloux, a disco-punk version,for her 1979 album Press Color.Industrial metal band Die Krupps collaborated with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown on a cover which appeared on their album Paradise Now (1997).British doom metal band Cathedral, on their 1996 EP Hopkins (The Witchfinder General).Emerson, Lake & Palmer, on their compilation album The Return of the Manticore (1993).Heavy metal band Cirith Ungol, on their album Paradise Lost (1991).Pete Townshend, the single's associate producer, did a take on it (with The Who) on his album The Iron Man: A Musical (1989).Yuya Uchida & The Flowers recorded a cover during sessions for their 1969 album Challenge!, but it was not released until it was included as a bonus track on a 2007 limited edition.JSTOR ( December 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Fire" Arthur Brown song – news Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Vincent Crane – keyboards, orchestral arrangement." There is no bass guitar on the recording, only bass pedals. In Ronnie Wood's radio show of 14 November 2011, both Wood and Alice Cooper claim that the bass is performed by Ron Wood, but Polly Marshall's biography of Arthur Brown states that "According to, Ronnie claims he played on the Track Records studio sessions recording Fire, but he must have confused it with the BBC session. "Fire" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It also reached #3 in Germany, #4 in France, #6 in the Netherlands, #7 in Austria, #8 in Ireland, and #18 in Finland. Also in October, it reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind " Hey Jude" by The Beatles) and #19 in Australia. The single reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1968 and in Canada in October. The song ends with the sound of a wind from Hell along with one of Brown's trademark banshee screams.Ĭredit for the composition of "Fire" on the original vinyl single was to Arthur Brown and Vincent Crane only however, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker successfully sued for co-credit and royalties based on melodic similarities to their song "Baby, You're a Long Way Behind".
The singer's opening proclamation "I am the God of Hellfire" became a lasting catchphrase.
The lead instrument in this case was Vincent Crane's Hammond organ, augmented by an orchestral section featuring prominent brass. The song is an example of the psychedelic rock of the period, though its lack of guitars or bass guitar distinguished it from many of its contemporaries. The single B-side, "Rest Cure", was another track from the album. Both versions are included on the CD reissue of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Two studio mixes of "Fire" have been officially released, one in stereo and one in mono. As the cap was not insulated, the heat from the burning fuel quickly conducted through the fixing bolt to the top of Brown's head, causing him considerable pain. The helmet was improvised with a leather skull cap onto which was bolted a metal dish that held lighter fluid or petrol. The song is sung from the perspective of a self-proclaimed "god of Hellfire," destroying, with tremendous glee, everything that his victims have built up over their lives.ĭuring live performances and in the black and white promotional television clip, Brown performed the song wearing a burning helmet.
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