Sex on Fire

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"Sex on Fire"
Song

"Sex on Fire" is the first single of Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only by the Night. The song gave Kings of Leon their first number one single, charting at the top-spot in the UK singles chart on digital downloads alone, before its physical release.

Critical reception

The song has received generally positive reviews. Digital Spy rated the song fours stars out of five, describing it as "A truly stirring single that will be a definite highlight on their winter arena tour."[1] The Sun also praised the song, saying it is "another of the latest album’s genuinely great and grand numbers."[2] Planet Sound also rated the song 9/10. However, Caleb Followill originally thought the song was "terrible"[3], according to Spin Magazine it was almost ditched during recording. Despite giving the album a 4 out of 5, Spin thought the song was 'silly'.[4]

Track listing

7" vinyl:

  1. "Sex on Fire"
  2. "Beneath The Surface"

CDS:

  1. "Sex on Fire"
  2. "Knocked Up (Live)"

Itunes

The song has had a large amount of downloads on both UK and Australian iTunes, however due to a large amount of complaints iTunes has brured the "e" in the song making it "S*x on fire".

Chart

On September 14 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #1 on downloads alone, knocking Katy Perry off the top spot. Sex On Fire spent three weeks at #1 before being replaced by Pink's 'So What'.

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart [5] 5
Austrian Singles Chart [5] 71
Belgium Singles Top 50 10
Danish Singles Chart [5] 21
Dutch Top 40 [5] 32
Irish Singles Chart [5] 1
New Zealand Singles Chart [5] 2
UK Singles Chart [5] 1
Brazil Singles Chart [5] 27
Canadian Hot 100 [5] 75
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks [6] 17
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles [6] 7

References

  1. ^ Singles Reviews - Kings Of Leon: 'Sex On Fire' - Digital Spy. Digital Spy. Retrieved September 15 2008.
  2. ^ Kings Of Leon look set for ultimate success | The Sun. The Sun. Retrieved September 15 2008.
  3. ^ Kings of Leon: 'Sex on Fire' is 'Terrible' - Spin Spin Magazine. Retrieved September 29 2008
  4. ^ Kings of Leon: 'Sex on Fire' is 'Terrible' - Spin Spin Magazine. Retrieved September 29 2008
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved September 15 2008.
  6. ^ a b "US Alternative Chart". radioandrecords.com. Retrieved September 18 2008.

External links

Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
September 14, 2008 - October 5 2008 		Succeeded by
Irish Singles Chart number-one single
September 18, 2008 - October 2 2008
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