Rooms on Fire
| "Rooms on Fire" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Nicks | ||||
| from the album The Other Side of the Mirror | ||||
| B-side |
"Alice" "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You" (Live at Red Rocks in 1986) (12" and CD-S) | |||
| Released | April 21, 1989 | |||
| Format | 7", 12", CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1988 -1989 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length |
4:40 (album version) 4:30 (video version) | |||
| Label | Modern | |||
| Writer(s) | Stevie Nicks, Rick Nowels | |||
| Producer(s) | Rupert Hine | |||
| Stevie Nicks singles chronology | ||||
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"Rooms on Fire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released in May 1989, it was the first single to be taken from Nicks' fourth solo album, The Other Side of the Mirror.
The song was quite successful on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #16 in both the UK (Nicks' first ever UK Top 40 solo hit and her highest chart position there to date) and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and also topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Rooms on Fire" was performed sporadically at Nicks' live concerts up until New Year's Eve of 1999, though it has yet to be played live since then.
In a 1989 interview, Nicks gave personal insight as to the meaning of "Rooms on Fire":
"Rooms on Fire is about a girl who goes through a life like I have gone through, where she finally accepts the idea that there never will be those other things in her life. She will never be married, she will never have children, she will never do those [that] part of life."
In the music video, Nicks is seen holding a baby dressed in white, played by her goddaughter.
The song, according to the liner notes of Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks, was inspired by Stevie's brief relationship with Rupert Hine.
"The night I met Rupert Hine was a dangerous one. He was different from anyone else I had ever known...He was older, and he was smarter, and we both knew it. I hired him to do the album before we even started talking about music. It seemed that we had made a spiritual agreement to do a magic album...in a fabulous Dutch castle, at the top of the mountain. We recorded it in the formal dining room...where, upon the walls hung all these very old and expensive pieces of art...looking at us...we were never alone."
"It always seemed to me that whenever Rupert walked into one of these old, dark castle rooms, that the rooms were on fire. There was a connection between us that everyone around us instantly picked up on, and everyone was very careful to respect our space...our TIMESPACE, so we all lived at the castle for about four-and-a-half months. I went home with him to England to mix the album at his studio...he left in December. I joined him there in London in January. We left immediately for his studio, Farmyard Studios, somewhere outside London. It was like being in a cottage in Wales, it was a little spooky...the atmosphere was like nothing I had ever experienced. Then something happened to him that simply made it impossible for us to ever be together again. I left him there...the rooms were still burning, but the fire had been stolen from us. It wasn't over love, in fact...it had nothing to do with love. It was just a bad situation. I came back to Los Angeles, a very changed woman. And now, long nets of white...cloud my memory...Now I remember the rooms, the music, and how truly magic the whole thing was..."
"Alright," said Alice, "I'm going back...
To the other side of the mirror."
~Stevie Nicks, Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks liner notes (1991)
The 12" single was released in a limited edition poster sleeve in certain territories.
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles | 16 |
| Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[1] | 23 |
| German Singles Chart | 46 |
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 16 |
| Dutch Top 40[3] | 15 |
| Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles[4] | 9 |
References
- ↑ "australian-charts.com - Discography Stevie Nicks". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Chart Stats - Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 24 Jul 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "Dutch Top 40 - Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire". top40.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ "Canada Top Singles - Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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