Light My Fire (Club House song)

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"Light My Fire"
Club House featuring Carl-Light My Fire.jpg
Single by Club House featuring Carl
from the album Nowhere Land (The Album)
Released1993 / 1994
GenreItalo house
Label
  • Media Records
  • PWL Continental
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gianfranco Bortolotti
Club House singles chronology
"Take Your Time"
(1992) 		"Light My Fire"
(1993) 		"Living in the Sunshine"
(1994)

"Light My Fire" is a song by Italian group Club House, featuring Italian/American singer Carl Fanini and co-written by a number of producers at Media Records[1] like Gianfranco Bortolotti and Mauro Picotto (the DJ who would go on to score a number of trance hits in the 2000s, with songs like "Lizard" and "Komodo").[2]

Releases[]

It was first released as a single in 1993, charting at No. 45 in the UK and No. 19 in Ireland, where it is remembered as the record the original six man line-up of Boyzone danced to on RTÉ's The Late Late Show.[3] A re-release the following year with new remixes by fellow Media Records act Cappella saw it reach No. 11 in Ireland,[4] and No. 26 in Australia.[5] In the United Kingdom, Media Records had licenced the single to Pete Waterman's PWL record label (as UK Media Records would not be launched for another couple of years), with the Cappella version becoming another Top 10 hit for PWL, when it peaked at No. 7[6] in the spring of 1994. The single was also a hit in Scandinavia and the US.[7]

Critical reception[]

Music writer James Masterton noted in his weekly UK chart commentary, that the track "has been filling floors up and down the country".[8] Alan Jones from Music Week rated it four out of five, describing it as a "happy Italian record in Erasure-go-house style, right down to the ersatz Andy Bell contralto."[9] In 1993, James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update called it "catchy "hey down dippy doo day-ah" chanting reissued now much more timely smash bound scampering Italo Hi-NRG".[10] In 1994, he deemed it an "infectious Italo Hi-NRG galloper".[11]

Track listing[]

  • CD single, UK (PWL Continental, 1993)
  1. "Light My Fire" (Edit) – 3:32
  2. "Light My Fire" (Noisy Clouds Mix) – 4:55
  3. "Light My Fire" (Storm in the Clouds Mix) – 5:06
  4. "Light My Fire" (X Club Cut) – 6:12
  5. "Light My Fire" (XX Club Cut) – 5:24
  6. "Light My Fire" (R.A.F. Track) – 1:59
  • CD single - The Cappella Remixes, UK (PWL Records 1994)
  1. "Light My Fire" (Cappella (R.A.F. Zone) Remix Edit) – 3:39
  2. "Light My Fire" (Cappella (KM) Remix) – 6:17
  3. "Light My Fire" (Cappella (R.A.F. Zone) Remix) – 6:07
  4. "Light My Fire" (DJ Professor XX Dub) – 6:29
  5. "Light My Fire" (Original 12" Mix) – 4:54

Charts[]

Chart (1993-1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 26
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 26
Finland (IFPI)[14] 20
Ireland (IRMA) 11
Scotland (OCC)[15] 9
UK Singles (OCC) 7(re-release)
UK Dance (Music Week)[16] 9
UK Dance (Music Week)[17] 4 (re-release)

References[]

  1. ^ "Light My Fire" Remixes by Club House, Written By A. Puntillo/M. Picotto/G. Bortolotti/C. Fanini, Produced by Gianfranco Bortolotti, 1994 Media Records Srl, cat no: MR 618 (12 inch)
  2. ^ "MAURO PICOTTO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  3. ^ "1st Boyzone Appearance on TV". RTÉ Archives.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know".
  5. ^ "australian-charts.com - Club House feat. Carl - Light My Fire".
  6. ^ "CLUB HOUSE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  7. ^ "The Talents Behind The Dance Hits Of 94: ClubHouse Featuring Carl" (PDF). Music Week. 17 December 1994. p. 30. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ Masterton, James (25 April 1994). "Week Ending April 30th 1994". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ Jones, Alan (2 April 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  10. ^ Hamilton, James (6 November 1993). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ Hamilton, James (23 April 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Club House feat. Carl – Light My Fire". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 14 May 1994. p. 14. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  14. ^ Week 22, 1994.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 24 April 1994 - 28 May 1994". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 4 September 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 30 April 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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