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"'''I'm on Fire'''" is a single by the band [[5000 Volts]]. In Germany, the single was released under the group name Airbus (on [[Epic Records]]). It peaked at number 5 in Australia<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=113}}</ref> and charted in the United States, reaching number 26. It reached number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
"'''I'm on Fire'''" is a single by the band [[5000 Volts]]. In Germany, the single was released under the group name Airbus (on [[Epic Records]]). It peaked at number 5 in Australia and was the 55th biggest selling single in Australia in 1976.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=113}}</ref><ref name="aus76">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 131 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= December 27, 1976 |access-date= January 15, 2022 }}</ref> and charted in the United States, reaching number 26. It reached number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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"I'm on Fire"
Single by 5000 Volts (Airbus)
from the album 5000 Volts
B-side"Still on Fire"
Released1975
GenreDisco
Length2:47
LabelPhilips 6006 464
Songwriter(s)Tony Eyers
Producer(s)Tony Eyers
5000 Volts (Airbus) singles chronology
"I'm on Fire"
(1975)
"Bye Love"
(1976)

"I'm on Fire" is a single by the band 5000 Volts. In Germany, the single was released under the group name Airbus (on Epic Records). It peaked at number 5 in Australia and was the 55th biggest selling single in Australia in 1976.[1][2] and charted in the United States, reaching number 26. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart,[3][4] and number one on the German Top 100 Singles chart. "I'm On Fire" was also on the Swedish chart and reached number 10 in South Africa.

The singer Tina Charles provided vocals for the single,[3] but she was not publicly acknowledged because of contractual problems.

It samples Black Is Black (1966) by the band Los Bravos.

Jim Gilstrap version

"I'm on Fire"
Single by Jim Gilstrap
B-side"I'm On Fire, Pt. II"
Released1975
GenreDisco
Length2:59
LabelRoxbury RB 2016
Songwriter(s)Tony Eyers
Producer(s)Wes Farrell
Jim Gilstrap singles chronology
"House Of Strangers"
(1975)
"I'm on Fire"
(1975)
"Move Me"
(1976)

A version by Jim Gilstrap also entered the charts. For the week ending November 15, 1975, Billboard recorded the single at its fourth week in the Soul charts. It had moved to number 37 from its previous position of 45.[5] In Holland it peaked at number 21, spending five weeks in the charts there.[6]

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 113. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. December 27, 1976. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 204. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ "5000 Volts - I'm On Fire". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot Soul Singles", SPECIAL SURVEY, Billboard, November 15, 1975, p. 44.
  6. ^ "Jim Gilstrap - I'm On Fire", Nederlandse Top 40.