Through the Fire (song)

"Through the Fire"
Single by Chaka Khan
from the album I Feel for You
B-side "I'm Every Woman"
"La Flamme"
Released April 1985 (U.S.)[1]
Format
Recorded 1984
Genre R&B
Length 4:45
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Foster
Chaka Khan singles chronology
"This Is My Night"
(1985)		 "Through the Fire"
(1985)		 "Eye to Eye"
(1985)

"This Is My Night"
(1985)		 "Through the Fire"
(1985)		 "Eye to Eye"
(1985)

"Through the Fire" is a song recorded by Chaka Khan from her sixth studio album, I Feel for You (1984). The David Foster-produced track was the third single from the album and reached number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.[2] It was one of the few Khan hits to cross to the Adult Contemporary chart. The music video was filmed at Los Angeles' Union Station.

Foster revealed in his 2011 PBS Concert "The Hit Man Returns" that this was the only melody that he ever wrote with someone in mind and that the working title of the piece was actually called "Chaka" because he was very confident that Khan would perform the song.[3]

Chart history

Chart (1985) Peak
position
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) 77
US Billboard Hot 100 60
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 16
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 15

References

  1. ↑ "45cat - Chaka Khan - Through The Fire / La Flamme - Warner Bros. - USA - 7-29025". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.
  3. ↑ Foster, David (2011). The Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends. Reprise.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 135.


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