"Just Like Fire Would" is a song by Australian

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band, the Saints, which is written by the band's lead singer, Chris Bailey, and was released as a single in March 1986. It was the lead single from their seventh studio album, '' All Fools Day'' (April 1986), and peaked at No. 29 on the

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Singles Chart. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until

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(ARIA) created their own

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in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back-calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. It was produced by Hugh Jones, who had co-produced the album with Bailey.

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's John Dougan reviewed ''All Fools Day'' and opined, "One listen to songs as grabbing as 'Celtic Ballad' or the great 'Just Like Fire Would' (which is kind of a neat pun) will convince you that despite the differences, the new Saints were a good band for completely different reasons than the old Saints." In January 2018, as part of

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's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Just Like Fire Would" was ranked number 88.

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Bruce Springsteen version

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and the

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performed "Just like Fire Would" during the opening show of the Australian leg on their

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in 2013 and Springsteen released a studio version of the song on his album, '' High Hopes'' (14 January 2014). "Just like Fire Would" was released as the second single from the album."Bruce Springsteen, Just Like Fire Would feat. Tom Morello: testo, traduzione e video"
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* * * {{authority control 1986 singles Bruce Springsteen songs The Saints (Australian band) songs Song recordings produced by Ron Aniello Song recordings produced by Hugh Jones (producer) 1986 songs Songs written by Chris Bailey (musician) Song recordings produced by Bruce Springsteen Columbia Records singles Mushroom Records singles