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“Fire In The Head” by The Tea Party
From the album The Edges of Twilight (1995)
“Fire In The Head” by The Tea Party appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1995 and 1999. It was first released in 1995 on the album The Edges of Twilight. Its best result is #66 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #249 alternative song of 1995 and #5,171 alternative song of all time.
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"Fire in the Head" comes off The Edges of Twilight, the 1995 album by Canadian rock band the Tea Party, and it nearly belonged to somebody else. Jeff Martin wrote it on the band's first tour across Canada with Roy and Nick Harper and meant it for Roy Harper's next album, until the three of them jammed it at full volume and kept it. The lyrics draw on Tom Cowan's book Fire in the Head.
It's a straight three-piece rock arrangement with a broken mellotron in the mix: Martin on guitar and vocals, Stuart Chatwood on bass, Jeff Burrows on drums and percussion. Martin co-produced with Ed Stasium, who also recorded and mixed it. Dean Karr shot the video in Los Angeles while the album was being made, and the song went out as a single in Australia.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 66 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 717 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 952 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 455 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
Also listed as: Fire in the Head.
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