Song · Sinéad O'Connor
“Fire on Babylon” by Sinéad O'Connor
From the album Universal Mother (1994)
“Fire on Babylon” by Sinéad O'Connor appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1994 and 2005. It was first released in 1994 on the album Universal Mother. Its best result is #91 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #298 alternative song of 1994 and #4,888 alternative song of all time.
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"Fire on Babylon" was the second single from Universal Mother, Sinéad O'Connor's fourth album, issued by Chrysalis and Ensign in 1994, and it burns as hot as its title. She wrote it with John Reynolds and produced it with Reynolds and Tim Simenon, working in a sample of Miles Davis's "Dr. Jekyll". Reynolds plays bass and drums, Matthew Seligman adds bass, Marco Pirroni guitar and Dave Clayton keyboards. Reynolds said her vocal carried so much energy it could barely be held, but they got it onto tape.
It never made the UK chart, though it reached the top 30 in New Zealand and the top 40 in the Netherlands. She took it to David Letterman's Late Show and to Later... with Jools Holland, and Michel Gondry's video earned a 1995 Grammy nomination as Best Short Form Music Video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 91 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 353 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
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