Song · Vitamin Z
“Burning Flame” by Vitamin Z
From the album Rites of Passage (1985)
“Burning Flame” by Vitamin Z appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Rites of Passage. Its best result is #265 on the Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,269 alternative song of all time.
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"Burning Flame" was the first single from English new wave band Vitamin Z, released in 1984, and it also landed on their debut album Rites of Passage. Chris Hughes, once the drummer in Adam and the Ants, produced it with Ross Cullum, and no other song in their catalog has been heard as widely or done as well.
It crept onto the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching 80 in the UK and 73 in the US, and climbed to 27 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart. Not everyone was sold: John Leland at Spin tore into it, hearing an empty tune and a dreary melody. Radio listeners, though, kept it burning on the countdowns for years afterward.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 435 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1990 | 265 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 2002 | 1101 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1612 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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