- On Fire (Switchfoot song)
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"On Fire" Song by Switchfoot from the album The Beautiful Letdown Released 2003 Format CD Recorded Genre Soft rock, Alternative rock Length 4 min 39 s Label Sony BMG Writer Jon Foreman
Daniel VictorProducer John Fields On Fire is a song by rock band Switchfoot from the 2003 double-platinum record The Beautiful Letdown. It was never released as a single, but is a prevailing fan favourite and is played at almost every show. It was written by Jon Foreman and Canadian artist/producer Daniel Victor in the fall of 2002.
In the media
It was featured in the movie The Ultimate Gift.
Live
The original concert version of this song featured a significantly different arrangement from the studio version. It was based around a new rhythm guitar part and ambient synthesizers, in contrast to the piano-driven original. Soon after the song's live introduction frontman Jon Foreman added harmonica to the arrangement. This incarnation of the song was frequently preceded by a short acoustic number which was then bridged into "On Fire" with a harmonica solo. The short acoustic song was generally a countryish number with lyrics rewritten each night to describe the city the band was playing in. In the band's 2005 Sessions@AOL performance of the song a brief cover of Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' fulfilled this role.
During the Appetite for Construction Tour the arrangement was altered to sound more like the studio version, although the accordion was retained. During this tour, Jon Foreman would generally make a trip into the audience during the bridge, after the line "I'm standing at the edge of me." At several shows the Radiohead song High and Dry was snippeted during this break.
Albums The Legend of Chin · New Way to Be Human · Learning to Breathe · The Beautiful Letdown · Nothing Is Sound · Oh! Gravity. · Hello Hurricane · Vice VersesEPs and Live Albums Switchfoot: Live - EP · Oh! EP · Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1 · Building a Hurricane · iTunes Session · Eastern Hymns for Western Shores · The Best Yet Live in NashvilleCompilations The Early Years: 1997–2000 · The Best YetDVDs Switchfootage 1 and 2 · Live in San Diego · The Beautiful Letdown (Dual Disc) · Feet Don't Fail Me Now · Nothing Is Sound (Dual Disc) · Live at the Ventura Theatre · The Best Yet Live in NashvilleSingles "Meant to Live" · "Dare You to Move" · "This Is Your Life" · "Stars" · "We Are One Tonight" · "Oh! Gravity." · "Awakening" · "This Is Home" · "Mess of Me" · "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" · "Your Love Is a Song" · "Bullet Soul" · "Dark Horses"Tours The Beautiful Letdown · Nothing Is Sound · Oh! Gravity. · Appetite for Construction · Up in Arms · Music Builds · Crazy Making · Hello HurricaneOther songs "Only Hope" · "Love Is the Movement" · "More Than Fine" · "Gone" · "On Fire" · "Lonely Nation" · "Dirty Second Hands" · "Head over Heels (In This Life)" · "Rebuild" · "Another Christmas (Old Borego)" · "Always" · "Restless"Related articles Categories:- Switchfoot songs
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