"Burning Flame" is the debut single by English
new wave band
Vitamin Z
Vitamin Z were an English band, formed in 1982 by vocalist Geoff Barradale and bassist Nick Lockwood. Their biggest hit "Burning Flame" charted in the UK and US, but their one other hit in the UK, "Every Time That I See You", did not chart in ...
, released in 1984. It is from their debut album, ''Rites of Passage''. The song was produced by former
Adam and the Ants drummer
Chris Hughes, and
Ross Cullum. It charted in both the
UK and
U.S., peaking at numbers 80 and 73, respectively. It also reached No. 27 on the ''Billboard''
Dance Club Songs
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chart. It is the band's best known and most successful song.
Reception
John Leland of ''
Spin
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'' wrote, "Nothing happens in the song or in the mix. The band hasn't got enough ideas to fill the tune, let alone extend it. Plus the dreary melody and self-pitying lyrics are pathetic. How dare they call this wet rag "Burning Flame"?"
Charts
References
1984 songs
1984 debut singles
British new wave songs
Song recordings produced by Chris Hughes (record producer)
Song recordings produced by Ross Cullum
Mercury Records singles
Geffen Records singles
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