"Keep This Fire Burning" is a song by Swedish recording artist

Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

, released as the first single from her third album '' Don't Stop the Music''. The single was released in Sweden on 21 September 2002, where it became her highest charting single since 1995's " Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)". The song was also released as a single in Australia under the name "By Your Side" due to the Australian bushfires which were happening at the time. In 2008, a re-recorded version of the song appeared on the special edition of Robyn's eponymous album.

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released a cover of the song in 2004.

Track listings

CD single # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Radio Original) – 3:52 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Instrumental) – 3:52 CD maxi single and Australian CD single # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Radio Original) – 3:52 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Cherno Jah Remix) – 4:12 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (

Martin Landquist Martin Landquist is a Swedish music producer, recording artist, remixer and songwriter working under the name Nåid. He has produced albums for artists such as a-ha, Jay-Jay Johanson, Linda Sundblad and Kent, and has remixed tracks for artists incl ...

2002 Remix) – 4:16 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Twin 12" Club Mix) – 7:24 # "Keep This Fire Burning" ( Ingrosso & Father Remix) – 7:18 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (DJ Benji Remix) – 5:51

Personnel

* Written by Robyn,

Remee Remee Sigvardt Jackman (né Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt; born Frederiksberg, 8 November 1974), better known as Remee, is a Danish producer, composer and songwriter. Career Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records. H ...

, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé * Produced, arranged, recorded, mixed and instruments performed by

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Beverley Knight version

British

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recorded a cover version of "Keep This Fire Burning" and released it as the third and final single from her fourth studio album, '' Affirmation'' (2004), on 14 March 2005. The production of the song, handled by Ghost, used the exact same instrumental as Robyn's original version, with slight mixing differences and additional orchestration by the Stockholm Session Strings. Included on the CD single release were mixes from Stargate (which sampled a portion of Robyn's original vocals) and Full Phat (featuring a rap from Estelle). "Keep This Fire Burning" became Knight's sixth top-20 solo single in the UK, reaching number 16.

Track listings

* CD1 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Album Version) # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Full Phatt Mix) (Feat. Estelle) * CD2 # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Album Version) # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Boris Dlugosch & Michi Lange Club Mix) # "I Was Meant for You" # "Soon Come" # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Music Video) * 12-inch vinyl # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Album Version) # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Boris Dlugosch & Michi Lange Dub Mix) # "Keep This Fire Burning" (Full Phatt Mix) (Feat. Estelle) # "Keep This Fire Burning" (

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Club Mix)

Personnel

* Written by Robyn,

, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé * Produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by

* All vocals by Beverley Knight * String arrangement by Per Ekdahl * Strings performed by Stockholm Session Strings at Cosmos Studios, Stockholm * All other instruments by

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Other versions

In 2008, British

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act Outsiders released a dance cover of the song with vocals by

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. The track was then remixed by Wawa and then again by

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, who also collaborated with Wilson on various tracks such as "Watchin'". This version peaked at #80 in the UK.

References

External links

* Robyn's * Beverley Knight's * Outsiders's {{authority control 2002 singles 2005 singles Beverley Knight songs Robyn songs Songs written by Remee Songs written by Johan Ekhé Songs written by Ulf Lindström 2002 songs Song recordings produced by Ghost (production team) Songs written by Robyn