"Hearts on Fire" is a song by Swedish

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band

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released as their single on 30 September 2002. It was the only single released from their fourth studio album, ''

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''. It ranked 11th in the Swedish charts and 58th in

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. The cover artwork was created by

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. A promotional

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, also titled ''Hearts on Fire'', was released by

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on 4 November 2002. It ranked 9th in the Swedish charts.

Track list

CD

From Metal Archives.

DVD

From the song's web page. *Bonus materials DVD: photo gallery

Personnel

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums. Cans attended ...

– lead vocals *

Oscar Dronjak Oscar Fredrick Dronjak (born 20 January 1972) is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the power metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Stefan Elmgren Stefan Elmgren (born 17 May 1974) is the former guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008. History Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his ...

– lead guitar *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén (born 1963 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish musician. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007. Magnus Rosén started to play bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on hi ...

– bass * Anders Johansson – drums

Guest performers

Mat Sinner Matthias Lasch (born 16 October 1964), known professionally as Mat Sinner, is a German bassist, singer and record producer from Stuttgart. Sinner has been involved in numerous bands and projects throughout his musical career. His main bands ha ...

and

Rolf Köhler Rolf Köhler (24 May 1951 – 16 September 2007) was a German singer and record producer. Career Köhler initially achieved commercial success performing under the pseudonym Marc de Ville in the late 1970s. As Marc de Ville, he recorded a few s ...

– additional backing vocals on ''Hearts On Fire'' (both CD and DVD)

Release information

*An orange 12" vinyl, 12", maxi-single, limited edition was released with three tracks on the LP. On side A; "Hearts on Fire" and on side B; "We're Gonna Make It (Twisted Sister cover) and "Heeding The Call (live)". *The Japanese release is an enhanced version of the single and came out on 21 September 2002. It has all the tracks from the original release with three additional tracks: "Rising Force" (originally performed by Yngwie Malmsteen), "Templars Of Steel (live)" and "Let The Hammer Fall (live)".

References

External links

Official HammerFall websiteSingle Information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hearts On Fire (Hammerfall Song) 2002 songs HammerFall songs Nuclear Blast Records singles 2002 singles Songs written by Joacim Cans Songs written by Oscar Dronjak