She Sets the City on Fire

"She Sets the City on Fire"
Single by Gavin DeGraw
from the album Something Worth Saving
ReleasedJuly 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gregg Wattenberg
Gavin DeGraw singles chronology
"Fire"
(2014) 		"She Sets the City on Fire"
(2016) 		"Making Love with the Radio On"
(2016)

"She Sets the City on Fire" is a song by American singer Gavin DeGraw. It was released on July 15, 2016, by RCA Records as the lead single from the album Something Worth Saving.[1] The song was written by DeGraw, Todd Clark, Jason Saenz, and Gregg Wattenberg, and produced by Wattenberg. The song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Daniel Cz and features model Jessica Vargas as DeGraw's love interest who is the CEO of a technology company called "Orange" which is a spoof of Apple. The video shows DeGraw and Vargas as college students in a computer engineering lab during the 1980s as they work together to create the first video chat system.

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 22
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[4] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (2016) Position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[5] 47

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Gavin DeGraw Announces New Album "Something Worth Saving" Out September 9th – First Single "She Sets The City On Fire" Available Now!". RCA Records. July 15, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Gavin DeGraw – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "Gavin DeGraw Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Gavin DeGraw Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Adult Pop Songs: Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "American single certifications – Gavin Degraw – She Sets the City on Fire". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2022.


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