“Into The Fire” by Sarah McLachlan

"Into the Fire" was the second single from Solace, Sarah McLachlan's 1991 album, and she wrote it with her producer Pierre Marchand, who did a lot more than twiddle knobs here: he played the electric guitar, keyboards and organ, recorded the track and mixed it. Paul Brennan on drums and Daryl Exnicious on bass hold the floor, and McLachlan's voice rises clear of the band like heat off a flame.

The video was a rare one for showing full nudity. In its first half McLachlan lies naked in a wooded field, coated head to toe in mud, then walks beneath a waterfall to rinse it away and sings beside it, fully dressed, for the second half, intercut with slow-motion shots of a young girl racing through the woods.

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