The word fire is used as an expression to represent varied outlooks to emotions. The term has been used in context with desire in many songs. Fire has been associated with love, passion, jealousy, hate, anger, and other emotions. In songwriting the term fire conveys different meanings in accordance with the creative vision of a songwriter. Songs that have fire mentioned in the lyrics or in song titles are sometimes misinterpreted as negative emotion by listeners. Songwriters often try and express deep feelings with the word fire. Fiery passion has been expressed theatrically through the use of the word fire
in songs.The usage of the word Fire in Songs
The word fire has been associated with romance and breakups. The term has been used in songs to describe the desire and intensity of missing someone or something in life. Many songs that have fire mentioned in the lyrics talk about calming the intense turmoil after an incident. Songwriters have also used the word fire to narrate their life experiences. In songs from various genres the word fire has been figuratively used to describe struggles and challenges and leaving listeners with a message to overcome.
The word fire has been used expressively in different genres of music. Few rock bands, pop bands, and hip-hop bands have used the word fire to express a broad spectrum of angst and anger. A number of folk musicians of the 60s and 70s used the word fire to evoke a response to a situation or happening in the past. The word fire in some songs has been associated with revolution. In R&B and Soul genres the word fire has been used to convey varied emotions. The term fire is showcased in various ways in songs bringing a fresh perspective on different things in life.
The lines below showcase a list of songs with fire in the title
300 Greatest Songs with Fire in the Title
- Fight Fire With Fire - Metallica
- Light My Fire - The Doors
- Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
- Fire and Rain - James Taylor
- Firewall - Bright Eyes
- Fire in the Henhouse - Our Lady Peace
- Play With Fire - The Rolling Stones
- I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- Fire Water Burn - Bloodhound Gang
- Just Like Fire - Pink
- Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Original Fire - Audioslave
- We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel
- Start A Fire - Passenger
- Home Is A Fire - Death Cab for Cutie
- World On Fire - Sarah McLachlan
- This Fire - Killswitch Engage
- Firestarter - The Prodigy
- Fireball - Deep Purple
- Black Hearts (On Fire) - Jet
- Freedom Or Fire - Fear Factory
- Scream Aim Fire - Bullet for My Valentine
- Lake Of Fire - Meat Puppets
- Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire - David Foster
- Firehouse - Kiss
- Fireball - Willow Smith
- Ashes & Fire - Ryan Adams
- On Fire - Switchfoot
- Song On Fire - Nickelback
- Open Fire - The Darkness
- Forged in Fire - Anvil
- Fire On the Mountain - Rob Thomas
- Inside The Fire - Disturbed
- Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
- Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp
- I Am The Fire - Halestorm
- I See Fire - Ed Sheeran
- Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
- House On Fire - Ryan Cabrera
- Fields of Fire - Big Country
- Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie
- Face The Fire - Dan Fogelberg
- Calm The Fire - Alter Bridge
- Full of Fire - Al Green
- Fire - Jimi Hendrix
- Earth, Wind & Fire - Jamie T.
- Fire Lake - Bob Seger
- Fireworks - Madina Lake
- Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
- Through The Fire - Chaka Khan
- Fire Burns - Nicki Minaj
- Blood Fire War Hate - Soulfly
- (You Will) Set the World On Fire - David Bowie
- Fireball - Pitbull
- Daughter Of The Fireplace - Man
- Hearts On Fire - Passenger
- Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse
- Attack Ships On Fire - Revolting Cocks
- Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
- Enter the Eternal Fire - Bathory
- Cold Fire - Rush
- Heart On Fire - Clean Bandit
- Sleep Now In The Fire - Rage Against the Machine
- Death in Fire - Amon Amarth
- Burning Bright (Field on Fire) - Nine Inch Nails
- 4th of July (Fireworks) - Kelis
- Rooms On Fire - Stevie Nicks
- Fireworks - Drake
- Heart On Fire - Scars on 45
- Set Me On Fire - Flyleaf
- Fireside - Arctic Monkeys
- Baptized in Fire - Kid Cudi
- Fire - U2
- Circle of Fire - Sam Phillips
- Feel That Fire - Dierks Bentley
- About a Burning Fire - Blindside
- Angel on Fire - Halsey
- Hearts Burst Into Fire - Bullet for My Valentine
- Firewood - Regina Spektor
- Baby's On Fire - Sammy Hagar
- Fire - Arthur Brown
- Firecracker - Josh Turner
- (There's A) Fire In The Night - Alabama
- Cease Fire - Christina Aguilera
- Blaze Up a Fire - Speech Debelle
- Hang Fire - The Rolling Stones
- Fire - Dead by Sunrise
- Halo On Fire - Metallica
- Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys
- I Need a Forest Fire - James Blake
- Fire Bomb - Rihanna
- Set My World On Fire - The Feeling
- Fire Away - Skrillex
- I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley
- Fire - Kasabian
- Friendly Fire - Nothing More
- Fire Woman - The Cult
- Fire It Up - Modest Mouse
- Fire and the Thud - Arctic Monkeys
- Fireball - Willow Smith
- Heart Of Fire - Black Veil Brides
- Firework - Katy Perry
- Fire From the Sky - Shadows Fall
- Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
- Fire and Water - Free
- Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head - Gorillaz
- Setting Fires - The Chainsmokers
- Fire It Up - Disturbed
- Start a Fire - John Legend
- Fireflies - Richard Rawson
- Fire & Desire - Drake
- Fire at the Pageant - The Felice Brothers
- Blood and Fire - Van Halen
- Fire on the Horizon - Stick Figure
- Fire N Gold - Bea Miller
- Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Set The World On Fire - Black Veil Brides
- Fire Brigade - The Move
- Fire Away - Chris Stapleton
- Setting the World on Fire - Kenny Chesney
- Fire With Fire - Scissor Sisters
- Start a Fire - Ryan Star
- Fire That Burns - Circa Waves
- Set the World on Fire - Annihilator
- Fire - Jake Bugg
- Baptism by Fire - AC/DC
- Fire Island - The Village People
- The Fire - The Roots
- This Fire - Franz Ferdinand
- White Fire - Angel Olsen
- Fireflies - Faith Hill
- The Roof Is On Fire - Rock Master Scott and The Dynamic Three
- Sippin' On Fire - Florida Georgia Line
- Firestone - Kygo
- After The Fire - Andrew McMahon
- Start a Fire - Lil Wayne
- Streets Of Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- Fire We Make - Alicia Keys
- Things We Lost in the Fire - Bastille
- Fire Over Water - DJ Fresh
- Fired Up - Hanson
- Wild Fire - Laura Marling
- The Fire Inside - Bob Seger
- She Sets the City on Fire - Gavin DeGraw
- Heart On Fire - Indiana
- The Unforgettable Fire - U2
- Fire Flame - Birdman
- When We Were On Fire - James Bay
- Sure Fire Winners - Adam Lambert
- Fireflies - Leona Lewis
- This Fire - Birds of Tokyo
- Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead
- Fire in the Cockpit - Public Service Broadcasting
- Standing Outside The Fire - Garth Brooks
- Wheels on Fire - Truly
- Smoke From A Distant Fire - Sanford-Townsend Band
- Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- World on Fire - Slash
- Through The Fire And Flames - DragonForce
- Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
- Fireflies - April Kry
- The Fire - Matt Cardle
- Fire To My Soul - Demon Hunter
- Raging Fire - Phillip Phillips
- Where Did I Leave That Fire - Neko Case
- The World Is On Fire - Ed Harcourt
- Someday the Fire... - Funeral for a Friend
- Fire On The Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
- When a Fire Starts to Burn - Disclosure
- Fire Burning - Sean Kingston
- World's on Fire - The Prodigy
- Man on Fire - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Relight My Fire - Take That
- Quest For Fire - Iron Maiden
- Treat Me Like Fire - Lion Babe
- Fire Squad - J. Cole
- Soul On Fire - Spiritualized
- Tigers and Fireflies - Lynsey de Paul
- Shots Fired - Slash
- Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
- Fire and Rain - Mat Kearney
- This Wheel's On Fire - The Band
- Into The Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- Playing With Fire - Thomas Rhett
- Fire On High - Electric Light Orchestra
- She's On Fire - Craig David
- Fire Meet Gasoline - Sia
- You Light My Fire - Nate Ruess
- Rapid Fire - Judas Priest
- Fire In Your New Shoes - Kaskade
- Playing With Fire - N-Dubz
- Fire - Raghav
- Spark The Fire - Gwen Stefani
- Fire On The Water - Divlje Jagode
- Pants On Fire - Becky Pollitz
- Playing With Fire - Lil Wayne
- Fire Under My Feet - Leona Lewis
- Fireflies - Owl City
- Shepherd Of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold
- I'm A Fire - David Nail
- The Fire Down Below - Bob Seger
- I'll Walk Through The Fire For You - Suzi Quatro
- I'm a Fire - Donna Summer
- Into The Fire - Deep Purple
- Just Like Fire Would - The Saints
- In Case of Fire - Mark Ronson
- Night's On Fire - David Nail
- Fire - Justice
- Playing with Fire - Brandon Flowers
- On Fire - Lil Wayne
- Fire - Brett Eldredge
- Playing With Fire - Katie Armiger
- Platform Fire - Jack's Mannequin
- Fires At Midnight - Blackmore's Night
- Fire in the Hole - Van Halen
- Kisses of Fire - Abba
- Fireplace - R.E.M.
- Jump in the Fire - Metallica
- Fire - Jake Bugg
- Fire - Michelle Williams
- Line Of Fire - Junip
- Fire - Barns Courtney
- Playing with Fire - Plan B
- This House is on Fire - AC/DC
- Fire - Jessie J
- Fireproof - One Direction
- Man on Fire - Bury Tomorrow
- Fire - The Winery Dogs
- She’s On Fire - Aerosmith
- Keep The Home Fires Burning - John McCormack
- Fire - Orianthi
- Dig For Fire - Pixies
- Fire Your Guns - AC/DC
- Heaven’s on Fire - Kiss
- No Smoke Without a Fire - Bad Company
- Fire In The Sky - Ozzy Osbourne
- Burnin’ (The Fire is Still) Burnin’ For You - Patti LaBelle
- Catch a Fire - Bob Marley
- On Fire Tonight - Little Big Town
- Trial By Fire - Kiss
- On Fire - Van Halen
- Brimstone and Fire - Cyndi Lauper
- If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire - Dead Milkmen
- Playing With Fire - N-Dubz
- Born of Fire - Slayer
- (I Don’t Wanna Fall) To The Fire - Bon Jovi
- Into The Fire - Thirteen Senses
- Put Out The Fire - Queen
- Line of Fire - Journey
- St. Elmo’s Fire - John Parr
- Who By Fire - Leonard Cohen
- Into the Fire - Marilyn Manson
- Light My Fire - Stevie Wonder
- Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell
- Fire Don’t Burn - Diana Ross
- Comin’ Under Fire - Def Leppard
- Fire - Big Sean
- Hairdresser on Fire - Morrissey
- Baby’s On Fire - Brian Eno
- The Roof is On Fire - Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three
- Heart’s On Fire - John Cafferty
- On Fire - Eminem
- Fire in the Hole - Steely Dan
- Hoop of Fire - Elton John
- Fire Burns Below - Judas Priest
- Fire, Fire - Motorhead
- Forest Fire - Dead Kennedys
- My Love is on Fire - Stevie Wonder
- Fire to your Plain - Tori Amos
- Jump Into My Fire - Etta James
- Mo Fire - Lil Wayne
- Light My Fire - Al Green
- City on Fire - Mary J. Blije
- Cook With Fire - Heart
- House of Fire - Alice Cooper
- Fire & Rain - Cher
- Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson
- Soul on Fire - Kylie Minogue
- Hearts Burst Into Fie - Bullet for My Valentine
- The Heart’s On Fire - Wolf Parade
- Fire in the Belly - Van Morrison
- Longing for Fire - Scorpions
- Like Fire - Pantera
- Fire - Babyface and Desree
- Hot Like Fire - Aaliyah
- Fire Eye’d Boy - Broken Social Science
- Bright Fire - Fleetwood Mac
- Feels Like Fire - Santana and Dido
- Lay Another Log on the Fire - B.B King
- I Got That Fire - Juvenile
- Chariots of Fire - Al Green
- Ashes in the Fall - Rage Against The Machine
- Fire In My Heart - Lita Ford
- Fire Down Below - Tina Turner
- Emotional Fire - Cher
- Pistols on Fire - Kings of Leon
- Fire Girl - Iggy Pop
- Love Under Fire - Asia
- Fire Music - Lou Reed
- Play With Fire - Feline
