“Fire on Babylon”

Composed by Sinéad O'Connor/John Reynolds

11 versions

5:12

“Fire on Babylon” single

Universal Mother album

Universal Mother: Album Sampler promo sampler

“Thank You for Hearing Me” single

Todd Rundgren's The Difference 95/04 radio show

Thank You for Hearing Me promo compilation album

So Far...The Best of Sinéad O'Connor compilation album

Sinéad O'Connor compilation album

The Music of Sinéad O'Connor promo album

Nettwerk Presents the Songs of Sinéad O'Connor promo compilation

4:58

music video

Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) video compilation

3:48 radio edit

“Fire on Babylon” single

5:31 M-Beat remix

“Famine / All Apologies” single

13:28 Eternal Recurrence remix

“Fire on Babylon” single

Universal Mother album

“Thank You for Hearing Me” single

“Gospel Oak” EP

7:44 (as "Fire on Babylon / Move Out of Babylon (1)") live

“This IS a Rebel Song” single

Musicians

(Source: best guess)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
John Reynolds	drums
Clare Kenny	bass guitar
?	background vocals

Credits

Recorded live at Chastain Park, Atlanta. Engineered by Dieter van Denzel. Produced and mixed by John Reynolds and engineered by Nick Sykes at Rooster Studios, London.

7:28 (as "Fire on Babylon / Move Out of Babylon (2)") live

Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2 live album

7:33

live at Vicar Street, Dublin

She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty album

4:13 radio version

5:21 remix edit

“Fire on Babylon” single

“Thank You for Hearing Me” single

4:59 edit

“Thank You for Hearing Me” single

Lyrics

(Source: Universal Mother)

	She took my father from my life,
	Took my sisters and brothers on.
	I watched her torturing my child.
	Feeble I was then, but now I'm grown.

	Fire on Babylon,
	Oh, yes, a change has come.
	Fire on Babylon,
	Fire,
	Fire,
	Fire.

	She's taken everything I liked.
	She's taken every lover on.
	And all along she gave me lies,
	Just to make me think I loved her.

	Fire on Babylon,
	Oh, yes, a change has come.
	Look what she did to her son,
	Fire,
	Fire,
	Fire on.

	Life's backwards, life's backwards,
	People turn around.
	The house is burned, the house is burned,
	The children are gone.

	FIRE!
	FIRE!

	Fire on Babylon,
	Oh, yes, a change has come.
	Fire on Babylon,
	Fire,
	Fire.
	Fire on Babylon,
	Oh, yes, a change has come,
	Look what she did to her son,
	Look what she did to her son,
	Fire,
	Fire,
	Fire.

Produced by Sinéad O'Connor , John Reynolds , and Tim Simenon

(Source: Universal Mother)

Quotes

(Source: John Reynolds)

The energy possessed by Sinead's vocals on Fire was almost impossible to contain, but we managed to trap it on tape somehow.

Musicians

(Source: Universal Mother)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
John Reynolds	drums , bass , programming
Dave Clayton	keyboards
Marco Pirroni	guitar
Tim Simenon	programming
Mathhew Seligman	bass

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