"I'm a Fire" is the first single from

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's seventeenth studio album, ''

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''. The song was released on March 11, 2008 by

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. It was written by Summer,

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and

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and produced by Morton. The club single reached No. 1 on the

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chart, giving Summer her 13th number-one and giving her the longest timespan between first (1975) and most recent (2008) Hot Dance Club Play chart #1s, Madonna has been the only artist to match this feat so far.

Composition

"I'm a Fire" is a

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-inspired, "soaring,

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-driven"

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, and

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disco song with a nu-disco beat. It was written by Summer along with

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and

, and produced by Morton.

Critical reception

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'' Ben Ratliff praised "I'm a Fire" for "stand ngas the beacon of promise" on the album. He commented that "You can lose yourself in this song, and it’s hard not to imagine an entire album like this, done with clearer direction." Thomas Kintner of the ''

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'' considered the song an essential download from its parent album, ''Crayons''. In his review, Nick Levine of

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criticized the single for being "aimless, slightly dated", and deemed it "a disappointing reintroduction to the original disco queen".

Track listing

* Album Version - 7:11 * Radio Edit - 3:49 * Original Version - 6:37 * Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Original Mix - 9:01 * Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Mixshow - 6:01 * Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Dub - 10:06 * BBW Red Top Electro Edit - 4:14 * BBW Solitaire Edit - 5:24 * Craig C Burnin Club Mix - 7:46 * Craig C Burnin Mastermix - 11:02 * Craig C Dub - 11:25 * Craig C Mixshow - 6:15 * Craig C's Burnin' Radio Mix - 5:15 * Lost Daze Dub - 9:49 * Lost Daze Remix - 7:48 * Matty Soulflower Acappella - 5:26 * Matty Soulflower Beats - 3:15 * Matty Soulflower Club - 9:10 * Matty Soulflower Dub - 9:29 * ROCAsound Original Album Version - 7:11 * Rod Carrillo Groove Dub - 8:30 * Rod Carrillo Leave It On The Floor Mix - 9:26 * Redtop Burning Extended Mix - 7:15 * Redtop Dub - 7:51 * Seamus Haji Dub - 12:41 * Seamus Haji Mix - 11:09 * Sebastian Arocha Norton's Original Version - 7:22 * Solitaire Club Mix - 7:20 * Solitaire Club Mix W Spanish - 7:11 * Solitaire Dub Mix - 6:57 * Solitaire Radio Edit - 4:11

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I'm A Fire 2008 singles 2008 songs Donna Summer songs Songs written by Donna Summer Songs written by Al Kasha House music songs Dance-pop songs Electropop songs Hi-NRG songs Disco songs Sony Music singles Song recordings produced by Sebastian Arocha Morton