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“I'm on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen

From the album Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

“I'm on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 33 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 1984 on the album Born in the U.S.A.. Its best result is #77 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,812 alternative song of all time.

33countdowns
18stations
#77best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2001–2026years charted

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Tucked onto Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen's 1984 album, "I'm on Fire" was barely even planned. At the Power Station on May 11, 1982, Springsteen began improvising a slow melody on his guitar to fit a set of words he had lying around, a few of them first meant for "Spanish Eyes", and Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan, who had never heard it before, worked up an accompaniment right there.

What they caught is all smolder: a soft rockabilly tick, a hush of synthesizer (one of the first times that instrument turned up in his music) and a vocal wound tight with desire it can't act on. Bob Clearmountain mixed it, and when it came out as the album's fourth single in 1985, it climbed to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 1656 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 910 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 115 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 898 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 791 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 427 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2007 363 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2011 394 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 398 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2014 740 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 360 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2016 425 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 974 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2018 255 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 140 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2019 1051 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 521 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 444 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 103 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 134 WYEP WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown 168
2021 348 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 734 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 261 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 487 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 587 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 308 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 678 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 77 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 448 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2024 142 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 1002 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 236 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2026 277 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

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