Song · Laura Marling
“Wildfire” by Laura Marling
From the album Semper Femina (2017)
“Wildfire” by Laura Marling appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the album Semper Femina. Its best result is #27 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 indie & aaa song of 2017.
Laura Marling wrote "Wildfire" alone, words and music, for Semper Femina, her sixth album, released on More Alarming Records in March 2017. Blake Mills produced it and plays guitar alongside Marling and Peter Randall. Matt Ingram plays drums, with Matt Chamberlain adding more, Nick Pini plays double bass, Sebastian Steinberg adds extra bass and Rob Moose handles the strings.
The Guardian's Alexis Petridis heard the album as a concept record about femininity and relationships between women, and its title, borrowed from a longer line by the ancient poet Virgil, roughly calls woman a fickle and changeable thing. Critics embraced the record, and it brought Marling a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 46 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 27 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
Also listed as: Wild Fire.
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