Song · Beth Ditto
“Fire” by Beth Ditto
From the album Fake Sugar (2017)
“Fire” by Beth Ditto appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Fake Sugar. Its best result is #69 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #327 indie & aaa song of 2017 and #1,503 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Fire" was Beth Ditto's opening shot as a solo artist, the lead single from her debut album Fake Sugar, put out by Virgin in April 2017. Jennifer Decilveo produced it and helped write it, and together they headed south: this is Southern rock with gospel running through the vocals, a slow burn that keeps threatening to boil over.
Critics caught the heat. Stereogum's Pranav Trewn praised its muted bassline and firecracker guitars, the Guardian's Graeme Virtue picked out the mournful melodica, and the Independent's Andy Gill heard a predatory throb that bursts into fuzz-rock boogie. It climbed to number 40 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 82 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 69 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 593 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 593 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 1016 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 418 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 642 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 1048 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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