Fire (album version)
~ Recording by Ohio Players
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Fire (Santa Maria pressing) | Ohio Players | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SRM-1-1013 |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Fire (Terre Haute pressing) | Ohio Players | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SRM-1-1013 |
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Gold | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SRM-1-1122 |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:21 | Ohio Players | Dance Classics, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 3382 61 |
| 3.8 | Fire | 4:26 | Ohio Players | Formula 45 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Silver Eagle Records | CDL-57026, CDL-57027, CDL-57028, SED-10774 |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Fire | Ohio Players | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 848 346-2 |
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:37 | Ohio Players | The Complete Ohio Players on Mercury | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:34 | Ohio Players | Mega Hits Dance Classics, Volume 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | CDL-7059 |
| 1.13 | Fire | 4:23 | Ohio Players | Dance Explosion: 50 Disco Hits From the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 468516 2 |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:25 | Ohio Players | Back to Back: The Best Of | Kool & the Gang / Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | 87248706923 |
| 1.5 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Classic Funk: Classic Funk Mastercuts, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mastercuts | CUTSCD 6 |
| 1.13 | Fire | 4:22 | Ohio Players | Dance Classics Gold III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 6870 62 |
| 1.14 | Fire | 4:25 | Ohio Players | Dance Classics, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade Deutschland GmbH (DE branch of Dutch “Arcade” label; this is not an imprint!) | |
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Gold | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 824 461-2 |
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Gold (BMG club edition) | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 824 461-2, D 105607 |
| 1.11 | Fire | 4:21 | Ohio Players | Old School, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Thump Records | THCD 4030 |
| 1.18 | Fire | 4:24 | Ohio Players | The Best Funk Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD44 |
| 1.4 | Fire | 4:37 | Ohio Players | Funk on Fire: The Mercury Anthology | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 528 102-2 |
| 2.4 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | Dance Fever: The Best of Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| GSC Music | 15126 |
| 2.12 | Fire | 4:37 | Ohio Players | 70’s Dance Machine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Records | DPSM 5176 |
| 2.9 | Fire | 4:23 | Ohio Players | Ferry Maat's Soulshow: 25th Anniversary Collection - The Seventies Part 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 8542212 |
| 1.15 | Fire | 4:24 | Ohio Players | MTV Mondofonk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 553 877-2 (25) |
| 1.3 | Fire | 4:33 | Ohio Players | Ultimate Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom | 7616000342 |
| 1.16 | Fire | 4:28 | Ohio Players | Greatest Hits | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 554 322-2 |
| 1.16 | Fire | 4:28 | Ohio Players | Greatest Hits | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation | Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 554 322-2 | |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | Pure Disco 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 565 490-2 |
| 2.9 | Fire | 4:22 | Ohio Players | That’s Disco: 60 All‐Time Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 555 652-2 |
| 2.7 | Fire | 4:23 | Ohio Players | The Best Funk Album in the World | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 844255 2 4, VTDCD126 |
| 1.5 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | That '70s Show Presents: That '70s Jammin' Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Volcano Records (US label LC7925 - NOT the Japanese label of the same name) | 61422-31156-2 |
| 1.10 | Fire | 4:24 | Ohio Players | Ultimate Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Beechwood Music | ultimcd2 |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | 100% Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), PolyGram | PG-1-5-2 |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | Pure Gold Hits: 100% Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | PG-1-5-2 |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 542 268-2 |
| 2.9 | Fire | 4:20 | Ohio Players | Dance Classics, Volume 5 & 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium), Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 560 328-2, 560329-2, 560330-2 |
| 1.10 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Roots of Rhythm: Make It Funky | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | A 31271 |
| 2.16 | Fire | 4:22 | Ohio Players | The All Time Greatest R&B of the Last 3 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500537 9 |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Funked! Volume 2 1973–1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Débutante | |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Funked! Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Ltda. (Brazil) | 73145249552 |
| 1.9 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Funked! Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Débutante | 524 955-2 |
| 1.5 | Fire | 4:34 | Ohio Players | Love Funk 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 314 541 584-2 |
| 1.4 | Fire | 4:37 | Ohio Players | Funk on Fire: The Mercury Anthology | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 440 063 041-2 |
| 1.16 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | The Essence of Soul 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| J Records (US R&B) | 80813-20040-2 |
| 1.4 | Fire | 4:29 | Ohio Players | No.1 Funk Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X-Media | XMCD02 |
| 1.8 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | Soul 70s: Boogie Down | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Entertainment | MEG2 5794 |
| 1.4 | Fire | 4:29 | Ohio Players | Funk, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | B0000537-02 |
| 1.3 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | Ultimate Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Madacy Entertainment | B0002425-02, MEG2 50247 |
| 1.3 | Fire | 4:33 | Ohio Players | Ladder 49 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.7 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Warner Sunset Records | 69721-8 |
| 2.16 | Fire | 4:25 | Ohio Players | Soul 70’s Collection, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0005251-02 |
| 1.11 | Fire | 4:20 | Ohio Players | Old School, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Thump Records | |
| 1.13 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | Play That Funky Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | B0007577-02 |
| 3.3 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | The Greatest Funk Hits of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Special Products | B0007638-02 |
| 2.1 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | The Greatest R&B Hits of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Special Products | B0007988-02 |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | Out of Sight | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Starbucks Entertainment | CDS-087 |
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:33 | Ohio Players | Skin Tight / Fire | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records) | |
| 1.8 | Fire | 4:31 | Ohio Players | The Best of Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | 39602, B00098921-02 |
| 1.4 | Fire | 4:35 | Ohio Players | Gold | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | B0010821-02 |
| 2.8 | Fire (album version) | 4:33 | Ohio Players | The 70s Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 060075307759 |
| 1.23 | Fire | 4:34 | Ohio Players | Sweet Soul Music: 23 Scorching Classics From 1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | BCD 16884 AS |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:38 | Ohio Players | Fire | Ohio Players | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 88506 |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:27 | Amy Klein | Fire | Amy Klein | Album |
| Don Giovanni Records | |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:26 | Amy Klein | Fire | Amy Klein | Album |
| Don Giovanni Records | DG-115 |
| 1.11 | Fire | 4:25 | Ohio Players | Rhythm & Soul Basics Vol. 3 : Disco Funk Basics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music France | |
| 2.8 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | Die Hit Giganten: Best of Funk & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SME Media (Sony Music) | 88985473752 |
| 1.11 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | Brûle - The Bronx Mixtape (1973-1979) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [PIAS] | PIASF216CDDIGI |
| 2.1 | Fire | 4:32 | Ohio Players | The Definitive Collection Plus... | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Robinsongs | ROBIN21CDT |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Fire | Ohio Players | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 2.11 | Fire | 4:35 | Ohio Players | Top of the Pops ’75 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 5381391 |
| 1.35 | Fire | 4:27 | Ohio Players | Soul Party Weekend | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:35 | Ohio Players | Cruella (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Walt Disney Records | D003813625 |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:35 | Ohio Players | Cruella (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Walt Disney Records | 00050087487621 |
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Fire | Ohio Players | Album | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | ||
| 1.7 | Fire | 4:36 | Ohio Players | Ohio Players Gold | Ohio Players | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 422-824 461-1 |
| 1.5 | Fire | ?:?? | Ohio Players | Pure Disco 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 4.5 | Fire | 4:33 | The Ohio Players | That’s the Music: The Top Hits Forever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | northway (Northway Commercial Limited) | NW 510019 | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Fire | 4:26 | Amy Klein | Fire | Amy Klein | Album |
| Don Giovanni Records | DG-115 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Fire | 4:24 | Ohio Players | Let’s Dance, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Fire | 4:21 | Ohio Players | Dance Classics, Volume 6 (Title 12 is different) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 560 330-2 | |
| 1.6 | Fire | 4:30 | Ohio Players | Ultimate Funk Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) Barry Mraz |
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| producer: | Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) Ohio Players |
| mixer: | Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) |
| agogô, congas and timbales: | James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players) |
| bass guitar: | Sandy Davis |
| drums (drum set): | Colin Brooks (US guitarist/drummer) |
| guitar: | Amy Klein |
| percussion and lead vocals: | Clarence "Satch" Satchell Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot) William "Billy" Beck James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players) |
| Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]: | William "Billy" Beck |
| tenor saxophone: | Clarence "Satch" Satchell |
| trumpet: | Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks Marvin “Merv” Pierce |
| background vocals: | Clarence "Satch" Satchell Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot) Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks Marvin “Merv” Pierce William "Billy" Beck James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players) |
| vocals: | Amy Klein |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | PolyGram Records, Inc. (PolyGram Records, Incorporated, not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1974) The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1991) Don Giovanni Records (in 2016) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Marcata Recording in New York, United States |
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| produced at: | Marcata Recording in New York, United States |
| recording of: | Fire |
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Related works
Fire
| lyricist, writer and composer: | Billy Beck Leroy Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot) Marshall Jones (US bassist & songwriter, member of Ohio Players) Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks Marvin “Merv” Pierce Clarence Satchell James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players) |
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| publisher: | Charlotte Phillips Publishing (BMI) Rick’s Music, Inc. (publishing company associated with Casablanca) Segundo Sueños LLC |
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