This Fire (Franz Ferdinand song)


"This Fire" is the fifth single by Glasgow-based indie rock band Franz Ferdinand from their eponymous album. It received widespread airplay.
The album artwork to "This Fire" is based on El Lissitzky's art work Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge.

Song history

It was Franz Ferdinand's standard set closer until July 2009 when it was replaced with "Lucid Dreams".

Release history

It was released as a download-only single, and reached #17 on the United States Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the UK Download Chart. In Australia, the song was ranked #29 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.
The single was released in Australia as "This Fffire" with identical B-sides to the UK release of "Michael". The music video for the song was directed by Stylewar.

Music video

The music video echoes the style of 1920s-era Soviet art and propaganda, including Cyrillic lettering, and shows the members of the band spreading a world-wide "hypnosis epidemic".

Track listings

Lead vocals performed by Alex Kapranos.
  1. "This Fffire"
  2. "This Fire"
  1. "This Fffire"
  2. "Darts of Pleasure"
  1. "This Fffire"
  2. "This Fire"
  3. "This Fffire"
  1. "This Fffire"
  2. "Love and Destroy"
  3. "Missing You"

    In popular culture

It was featured on the in-game soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game . The song has become part of the hockey culture in Calgary, Alberta, where it is played in every Calgary Flames home game.
The song was later sampled for "Burn This City" by Lil Wayne and Twista.
The song was covered by Bedük in his third album, Go.
The song was used in the TV series Without a Trace: Season 3, Episode 15 "Party Girl"
The song was used in the TV series Grimm : Season 1, episode 14
The song was used on the 2nd season of TV Series "Entourage"

Charts