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<h1>Fire Lake</h1><h2>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h2><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Bob_Seger_Fire_Lake_single.png" alt="undefined"></p><p><strong>"Fire Lake</strong>" is a song written and recorded by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American</a> musical artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Seger</a>. He had planned to record "Fire Lake" for his 1975 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Loser" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Beautiful Loser</em></a>, but the track was not finished. The song had been partly written years before, in 1971,^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^] and was finally finished in 1979 and released in 1980 on Seger's album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_the_Wind_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Against the Wind</em></a>. The single reached number 6 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> A live version of the song appeared on the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Tonight" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Nine Tonight</em></a>, released in 1981. Background and writing</p><p>Seger and colleagues decided to make "Fire Lake" the first single from <em>Against the Wind</em> because it was "totally and unequivocally unlike anything I'd ever done before."^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</p><ul><li>"The lyric is very ... different ... and very kind of unique. It's about taking risks. About risking love, chucking it all and just heading off with a bunch of wild people, whatever.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</li><li>"It is one of my favorite lyrics down through the years, and the track is very unusual. It's sort of an R&amp;B meets country kind of thing.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</li><li>"I really wanted it to be the first single but I never thought <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Capitol</a> would agree to it, and I believe it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_Andrews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punch</a> (Andrews, Seger's manager and often co-producer) who talked them into it. What I liked about it was that it broke new ground for us. It really showed that we were unafraid to push the envelope of what we were doing before, which was basically pretty hot rock and roll, you know, with a few ballads thrown in."^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</li></ul><h2>Reception</h2><p>Music critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Dean" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maury Dean</a> described the song as an "ominous ballad" about "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_of_July" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4th of July</a> fireworks."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-dean-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> Dean praised the song's intensity, Seger's vocal and the "nifty" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_chord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">minor chords</a> the song uses.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-dean-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> Dean speculated that the title may not be entirely figurative, as there may be a hidden reference to a midwestern body of water which literally caught fire, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cuyahoga River</a> in Ohio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-dean-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> described "Fire Lake" as an "excellent song [that] is paced by acoustic guitar which lends a folk flavor" and the lyrics as describing "the subversion of small-town life."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cash Box</em></a> said it has "full-bodied harmonies and an easy, country-tinged melody" and praised the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">production</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-cb-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Record World</em></a> called it "Dynamite!"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-rw-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a> <em>Classic Rock History</em> critic Janey Roberts rated it as Seger's 14th best song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p><h2>Production</h2><p>Three of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eagles</a> provided the backing vocals for this track: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Frey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Frey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Henley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don Henley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_B._Schmit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Timothy B. Schmit</a>. Seger's recording engineer David Cole makes reference to the song on his website when he talks of his history with Seger: "I was there when the Eagles sang 'Who wants to go to Fire Lake?' and many other great moments during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_Town_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Stranger in Town</em></a> album".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a></p><h2>Personnel</h2><p>Credits are adapted from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liner_notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">liner notes</a> of Seger's 2003 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_2_(Bob_Seger_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Greatest Hits 2</em></a> compilation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Lake#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Seger</a> – lead vocals</li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section</strong></a></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Beckett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barry Beckett</a> – piano</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Carr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pete Carr</a> – lead guitar, acoustic guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hawkins_(drummer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roger Hawkins</a> – drums, percussion</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Hood</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bass</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(session_guitarist)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimmy Johnson</a> – rhythm guitar</li><li>Randy McCormick – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">organ</a></li></ul><p><strong>Additional musicians</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Frey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Frey</a> – harmony vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Henley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don Henley</a> – harmony vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_B._Schmit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Timothy B. Schmit</a> – harmony vocals</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>