Everything's on Fire

"Everything's on Fire"
Single by Hunters & Collectors
from the album Human Frailty
B-side "This Morning"
Released 18 August 1986 (1986-08-18)
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1985
Allan Eaton Sound, St Kilda
Genre Pub rock
Length 3:37
Label White/Mushroom, Festival
Writer(s) John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters
Producer(s) Gavin MacKillop, Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors singles chronology
"Throw Your Arms Around Me"
(1986)		 "Everything's on Fire"
(1986)		 "Is There Anybody in There?"
(1986)

"Everything's on Fire" was the third single from Australian pub rockers, Hunters & Collectors' fourth studio album, Human Frailty. It was released after the album on 18 August 1986 in both 7" and 12" formats. It peaked in the top 100 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 44 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. "Everything's on Fire" was co-written by band members John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, and Michael Waters.

Background

Australian pub rockers Hunters & Collectors released "Everything's on Fire" on 18 August 1986 after their fourth studio album,[1][2] Human Frailty which had appeared in April.[3][4] The track was co-written by band members John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums, Jack Howard on trumpet, Robert Miles on live sound, Mark Seymour on lead vocals and guitar, Jeremy Smith on French horn, and Michael Waters on keyboards and trombone.[1][3][5]

"Everything's on Fire" was released in both 7" and 12" formats on White Label/Mushroom Records and, as with the album, was co-produced by Gavin MacKillop with the band.[1] The single reached the top 100 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 44 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[6][7]

It appeared on the group's first compilation album, Collected Works (November 1990).[2] Andrew de Groot directed the music video for "Everything's on Fire" and its following single, "Is There Anybody in There?".[8] Both appeared on the VHS compilation also titled, Collected Works.[2] A live version of "Everything's on Fire" appeared on Living ... In Large Rooms and Lounges (November 1995) from a pub gig.[2]

Reception

In October 2010, "Everything's on Fire" was described in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums, by the three authors, John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell, and Craig Mathieson: "Seymour's lyrics all relate back to the folie à deux in the blue bed-sit. 'Dog', 'The Finger' and 'Everything's on Fire' are all songs of lust and obsessions".[9]

Track listing

7" version
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Everything's on Fire"  John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters[5] 3:37
2. "This Morning"  Archer, Falconer, Howard, Miles, Seymour, Smith, Waters 4:51

All songs written and composed by John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters;[5] unless otherwise indicated. 

Personnel

Credited to:[1][2]

Hunters & Collectors members
Recording details
Art works

Chart performance

Year Chart Peak
position
1986 Australian Singles Chart[6] 78
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 44

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Bamford, Alan. "Hunters and Collectors". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Relph, John (26 October 2013). "Hunters and Collectors Discography: Hunters & Collectors". Idiot-Dog.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Hunters & Collectors'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Hunters and Collectors". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "'Everything's on Fire' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 24 April 2014. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Everything's on Fire; or at 'Performer:' Hunters & Collectors
  6. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hunters & Collectors". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Sutton, Pollyanna (13 November 1986). "Lose the guitars, find drums; it's... BIG PIG". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (National Library of Australia). p. 2 Supplement: Good Times. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  9. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.

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