| Date Performance |
1974-11-27 | | Running Time |
3:15 | | Performers |
Dwight Twilley (Lead Vocal Performance), Dwight Twilley (Acoustic Guitar), Dwight Twilley (Backing Vocals), Phil Seymour (Bass), Phil Seymour (Drums), Phil Seymour (Harmony Vocals), Phil Seymour (Backing Vocals), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Lead Guitar), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Phil Seymour (Produced By), Jim Barth (Engineered By), Roger Harris (Engineered By), Bob Schaper (Mixed By) | | Comments | by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT THE CHURCH STUDIO, TULSA, OK. FROM THE ALBUM "SINCERELY" SHELTER RECORDS RELEASED APRIL 1975 Dwight Twilley: "THIS SONG WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST SONG WE RECORDED FOR A RECORD LABEL. WE HAD JUST BEEN SIGNED TO SHELTER RECORDS IN HOLLYWOOD. IT HAD BEEN DECIDED THAT WE WOULD RETURN HOME TO TULSA TO RECORD SOME TRACKS AT THE CHURCH STUDIO. ONE AFTERNOON JUST DAYS BEFORE WE WERE TO LEAVE, I WANDERED OVER TO AN OBSCURE LITTLE PARK AND WROTE THIS SONG I CALLED I'M ON FIRE, EVEN THOUGH THE HOOK LINE OF THE CHORUS WAS YOU AIN'T, YOU AIN'T, YOU AIN'T, GOT NO LOVER. SINCE THE APARTMENT WHERE WE HAD BEEN STAYING HAD NO FURNITURE, I REMEMBER PHIL AND I SITTING ON THE FLOOR WORKING OUT THE HARMONIES. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN OLD RADIO THAT BILL WAS ABLE TO PLUG HIS GUITAR INTO. I THINK THAT THE SOUND OF HIS GUITAR THROUGH THAT OLD RADIO PLAYED A ROLE IN HOW WE TREATED THE SONG IN THE STUDIO. I'M ON FIRE PEAKED AT # 16 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. PHIL AND I HAD ALWAYS USED THE NAME OISTER FOR OUR PRODUCTION CREDIT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF OUR BAND. BEFORE PHIL PASSED AWAY, WE DECIDED TO KILL THE DAMN OISTER, AND JUST PUT OUR NAMES ON THE RECORDS. HOPE THIS ELIMINATES ANY CONFUSION." | | Appears On | |
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