I’m on Fire

The song was completed on May 11, 1982, at The Power Station in New York City during the Born in the U.S.A. sessions, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and the album’s production team in place. The original recording is credited to Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, and Steven Van Zandt. Released as the fourth single from Born in the U.S.A. in 1985, it became one of the album’s major hits and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for 20 weeks. It was part of the run of seven top-10 singles that made the album a dominant pop release. The song became one of Springsteen’s signature tracks and helped define the quieter, more restrained side of his 1980s work. Its cultural reach extended through a high-profile MTV video and later covers by artists such as Johnny Cash and Tori Amos.