Fire is a song by the English rock band Kasabian and is the lead single from their third album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. It was released in June 2009.
On the week of its release, Fire debuted at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart, making it their first UK top-three entry and their highest-charting single to date. The song was featured in the 2010 Super Bowl commercial and was the official song of the Premier League for the 2010–13 seasons. This meant the song was heard in all the Premier League Productions that were broadcast around the world. A remix of the song is still currently used as the theme tune forKick Off, before the main Match day Live coverage. The song is also additionally used by Leicester City as their goal music and featured in the F1 2010video game. One morning, guitarist Sergio Pizzorno was improvising in thestudio, and played the slow guitar rhythm heard in the verse. He suggested singer Tom Meighan sing the verse like Elvis. Pizzorno had another idea for a groovier song which wound up being the chorus and stitched it together with the Elvis part "for a laugh”. Meighan said the song is "about bondage and being whipped and being seduced", while Pizzorno said it is about unusual, special events such as rolling two sixes in dice, or kicking a ball through a hole. The music video was directed by acclaimed British director W.I.Z. and portrays a bank robbery gone wrong, with guitars taking the place of firearms. Near the end of this video, when Sergio Pizzorno throws the stolen goods against the wall, the viewer can see that what they have stolen is actually sheets of music. Kasabian are an English rock band that formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. The band's music has been described as a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis. Their music has won them several awards and recognition in the media, including a Brit Award in 2010 for Best British Group and their live performances have received praise, the most notable of which was their appearance as headliners at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival. In 2010 and 2014, Kasabian won the Q Awards for Best Act in the World Today, while they were also named Best Live Act at the 2014 Q Awards and the 2007 and 2018 NMEAwards. The band's music is often described as indie rock, but Pizzorno has said he hates indie bands and does not feel Kasabian fit into that category.
