2010Released
3:41

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Fire. By Songfacts®.

This upbeat track features soul singer John Legend, who told MTV News he's been a fan of the Philly collective since his college days, when he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. "This is a group I've been following since I was a kid at UPenn. I would go to open mics and watch them host the open mics, wishing I could be onstage with them, and now I'm in the studio with them," he gushed.

Roots drummer and co-producer ?uestlove told MTV News about this song, which is a rare upbeat tune on How I Got Over: "As far as 'The Fire' is concerned, we wanted to balance the record out also, with a sign of hope, a ray of hope. 'The Fire' is almost an anthem, if you will. It's like a hang-on-in-there, if you will, for us."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Fire.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
174BPM

Album

The album The Fire is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Fire.
Def Jam Recordings
© 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group
℗ 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group

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