Song title: I'm on fire
I'm on fire
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I’m on fire
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I’m on fire
Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby
edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
through the middle of my soul
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
and a freight train running through the
middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I’m on fire
Published on the following official releases:
- BORN IN THE USA (Album,1984)
- COVER ME / I'M ON FIRE (7 in.,1984)
- BORN IN THE USA 12 SINGLES COLLECTION (12 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE-JOHNNY BYE BYE/SHUT OUT…-JERSEY GIRL (12 in.,1985)
- LEVI'S PROMO (12 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE EP (STEREO / STEREO) (12 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE (STEREO / STEREO) (7 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE / JOHNNY BYE BYE (7 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE / BORN IN THE USA (7 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE-ROSALITA / BORN IN THE USA-JOHNNY BYE BYE (12 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE (ONE SIDED) (7 in.,1985)
- I'M ON FIRE / GIRL'S GOT A BRAND NEW TOY (7 in.,1985)
- AO VIVO (Album,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 (Album,1986)
- LIVE(!) 1975-1985 (LP,1986)
- LIVE COLLECTION II - BORN TO RUN (12 in.,1987)
- SPARE PARTS-COVER ME/ SPARE PARTS-I'M ON FIRE (12 in.,1988)
First known live performance: 29/06/1984 Civic Center, Saint Paul,MN ,USA
Last known live performance: 16/02/2017 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane ,Australia
Song 'history':
Published on BORN IN THE USA, in 1984
Largely (119 times) played during the Born in the U.S.A. tour
The song (in live version) was then included in the 'LIVE 1975-85' box set
Played during the '1987 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1987 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, in small NJ clubs.
Played each night of the Tunnel of Love tour
Performed 8 times during the 1988 Amnesty International tour
Played during the 'Summer '89 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1989 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, between March and September 1989
Played during the Human Touch tour (18 times)
Played once in the whole Reunion tour (17/06/1999 Weserstadion, Bremen ,Germany)
Played once in the whole Rising tour (18/04/2003 Corel Centre, Ottawa ,Canada)
Bruce inserted it 13 times in the setlists of the Devils and Dust tour
Not much used during the Magic tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Working on a Dream tour
Bruce inserted it 14 times in the setlists of the Wrecking Ball tour
During the High Hopes tour, the song was played less than a dozen times
Played during the 2016 The River tour (14 times)
Performed 4 times during the 2017 Summer tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database