![]() It's a better plan to go with 'Fire' over 'Rumour' at pop and adult radio. A spokesperson for Columbia, Pete Cosenza stated: "Our research found more programmer preference for 'Set Fire to the Rain.' Both 'Rumour' and 'Fire' came back strong, but 'Fire' was a bit stronger. However, the release of the song was scrapped and "Set Fire to the Rain" was released as the third US single instead on November 21, 2011. On October 28, during an interview with Billboard, Columbia Records revealed that " Rumour Has It" would be released as the third single from 21 and serviced to pop and adult contemporary radio. Some of the best takes we got were done with a sausage dog perched on her knee. ![]() Then I spotted him chewing through the cables and I thought, 'I’m in the middle of producing one of the greatest records of my career and this dog is going to blow the studio up.' Then the dog started crying while Adele was singing, but thankfully, he calmed down and came and sat on her lap. Meanwhile, her dog was growing restless, wandering round the studio, cocking his leg on everything in sight. Adele sat in the kitchen, drinking endless cups of coffee, smoking Marlboro Lights and scribbling down lyrics while I worked on the music. We started working from scratch on a song that would become 'Set Fire to the Rain', which reached number-one all over the world. She was in a vulnerable place and had brought her dog Louis along to keep her company. On The Graham Norton Show, Adele jokingly said that the song "really doesn't make sense." įraser T Smith later opened up about the recording process of the track, stating:Īdele had just broken up with her boyfriend. After saying this, she added that it was about tears and "burning the pain away," and described it as a song of "liberation." Adele also said that the song was "about the contradictions that are in relationships" in her "track-by-track interview" for 21. I was playing on my mind while I was trying to light a fag in the rain outside a restaurant." Adele later told Q magazine that the title came to her, "in the middle of the night when I got up for a wee." It was one of the first songs that Adele wrote for the record, and while it is personal to her, it was also intended to serve as a sort of "gay anthem" after her friend told her "Chasing Pavements" was not enough of a gay anthem. Adele told The Sun: "Well, it's a bit like ' Chasing Pavements,' you can't do it. "Set Fire to the Rain" was written by Adele and Fraser T Smith while the production was handled by Smith. In 2013, the live performance of "Set Fire to the Rain" from Live at the Royal Albert Hall received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance.īackground and release Background The song was featured in promos to the final season of Rescue Meand the series Ringer. "Set Fire to the Rain" was not included in the initial track listing for the album however, last minute changes resulted in four unreleased songs being cut in favor of "Set Fire to the Rain," " He Won't Go," " I'll Be Waiting," and " Lovesong." Additionally, while "Rolling in the Deep," "Someone Like You," and "Set Fire to the Rain" were all US number ones, only "Someone Like You" was a UK number one "Set Fire to the Rain" didn't reach the top ten. The song was voted by readers of Billboard as their favorite number one hit of 2012. With " Rolling in the Deep," " Someone Like You," and "Set Fire to the Rain," Adele logged a total of 14 weeks atop of the Billboard Hot 100 this is the most number of weeks at number one a British female artist has had from the same album. Adele is the first female British artist in history to have three consecutive US number ones. The song is the third consecutive number-one single of the same album the last female singer who achieved this was Katy Perry in 2010 when " Firework" hit number one. "Set Fire to the Rain" was released on Novemas 21 's third official single in the United States, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has charted within the top 10 of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland. The song has peaked at number one in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the United States. It was released as the third single in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2011, where the song has peaked at number 11. Written by Adele and Fraser T Smith and produced by Smith, the power ballad was released as the second single from the album in Europe. "Set Fire to the Rain" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album 21.
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