2006Released
3:23

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Interesting facts and trivia about Set The Fire To The Third Bar. By Songfacts®.

This features American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright on vocals. Frontman Gary Lightbody wrote this song towards the end of their recording sessions in Ireland and thought it would fit Wainwright's voice perfectly, unaware she was actually touring in Ireland at the time. Lightbody said on his band's MySpace site: "I'm not a great believer in fate. But when someone called to say 'She's here, in this country and she wants to sing it', that was definitely a moment."

Lightbody wrote this track in 20 minutes. He told Q Magazine August 2008: "Because I was so familiar with her album, I wrote to the dark angel that I thought Martha was. But she turned out to be one of the sweetest people in the universe."

The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2010, four years after its initial release after featuring in the trailer for the movie Dear John.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Set The Fire To The Third Bar.
BKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
96BPM

Album

The album Set The Fire To The Third Bar is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Set The Fire To The Third Bar.
Polydor Ltd. (UK)
(C) 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
(P) 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

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