Fire in the Sky (song)

"Fire in the Sky"
"Fire in the Sky"
Single by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
from the album Twenty Years of Dirt
B-side	"Cadillac Ranch"
Released	November 15, 1986
Genre	Country
Length	4:40
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Hanna, Bob Carpenter
Producer(s)	Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band singles chronology

"Fire in the Sky" is a song recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The song was first released in 1981 and peaked at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. In November 1986, the song was released to the country music format, peaking at number 7 on the Hot Country Songs charts^[1] and number five on the Canadian country charts. The song features a guest vocal by Kenny Loggins, along with saxophones played by Bryan Savage and Al Garth.^[2] This song was written by group members Jeff Hanna and Bob Carpenter.

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	76
Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.
^ LP back cover, original release from 1981.
^ "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.

[2] LP back cover, original release from 1981.

[sc_Billboardhot100_The_Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band-3] "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_The_Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band-4] "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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v t e Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Bob Carpenter Jimmie Fadden Jeff Hanna
Studio albums	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ricochet Rare Junk Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy All the Good Times Stars & Stripes Forever Symphonion Dream The Dirt Band An American Dream Make a Little Magic Jealousy Let's Go Plain Dirt Fashion Partners, Brothers and Friends Hold On Workin' Band The Rest of the Dream Not Fade Away Acoustic The Christmas Album Bang, Bang, Bang Welcome to Woody Creek Speed of Life
Collaboration albums	Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
Live albums	Alive Live Two Five
Compilation albums	Dirt, Silver and Gold Twenty Years of Dirt More Great Dirt
Singles	"Mr. Bojangles" "House at Pooh Corner" "I Saw the Light" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "The Battle of New Orleans" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "An American Dream" "Dance Little Jean" "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" "I Love Only You" "High Horse" "Modern Day Romance" "Home Again in My Heart" "Partners, Brothers and Friends" "Fire in the Sky" "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" "Fishin' in the Dark" "Oh What a Love" "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" "I've Been Lookin'" "Down That Road Tonight" "Turn of the Century" "And So It Goes" "When It's Gone" "I Fought the Law"
Other songs	"Bless the Broken Road"
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