Heart on Fire (Eric Church song)

"Heart on Fire"
Single by Eric Church
from the album Heart
ReleasedJuly 12, 2021 (2021-07-12)
GenreCountry rock[1]
Length4:18
LabelEMI Nashville
Songwriter(s)Eric Church
Producer(s)Jay Joyce
Eric Church singles chronology
"Hell of a View"
(2020) 		"Heart on Fire"
(2021) 		"Doing Life with Me"
(2022)
Music video
"Heart on Fire" on YouTube

"Heart on Fire" is a song recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released on July 12, 2021, as second single from Church's studio album Heart.[2] The song was written by Church, and produced by Jay Joyce.[3]

Background

Church told the story behind the song in a press release: ""Heart On Fire" was the first song we recorded when we got to North Carolina, I already had pretty much, I wrote this song by myself, but I already had this song on the rails and we were heading down the path of what this was going to be. I thought we needed to kind of break the ice and get started on something, [...] This was the song that was kind of the icebreaker for the whole project, and I credit this song a lot for getting us to where we ended up getting to with the project."[4]

Content

Website popculture.com described "Heart On Fire" as "an up-tempo, Southern rock-infused track looking back on a young love". The song quotes many classic rock songs, including "All Shook Up" (1957) by Elvis Presley, "American Pie" (1971) by Don McLean, "Paradise City" (1989) by Guns N' Roses and "New York Minute" (1990) by Don Henley.[5]

Critical reception

Robyn Collins of Taste of Country opined that the track has "a jangly John Mellencamp kind of organic-feeling drive".[6]

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Heart on Fire"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various January 29, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 EMI Nashville [15]
United States July 12, 2021 Country radio [16]

References

  1. ^ Hudak, Joseph (January 29, 2021). "Eric Church's New Song 'Heart on Fire' Is a Blast of Bar-Band Country". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Eric Church is Most Added With New Single "Heart On Fire"". Universal Music Group Nashville. July 12, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Nicholson, Jessica (January 29, 2021). "Eric Church Turns Up The Heat On New Track "Heart On Fire"". CMT. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  4. ^ O'Connell, Madeleine (July 7, 2021). "Eric Church Shares the Story Behind His Nostalgic New Single, 'Heart On Fire'". Country Now. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Barnes, Hannan (July 8, 2021). "Eric Church Shares the Story Behind New Single 'Heart on Fire'". popculture.com. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Collins, Robyn (July 9, 2021). "Eric Church Remembers Young Love in Passionate 'Heart on Fire' [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Country Hot 50: Issue 1368". The Music Network. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  12. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  13. ^ "Country Airplay – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  15. ^ "Eric Church - Heart On Fire". Retrieved October 17, 2021 – via Amazon.
  16. ^ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.