Burn (Tina Arena song)

"Burn"
Single by Tina Arena
from the album In Deep
Released	14 July 1997
Format	CD, digital download
Genre	Pop
Length	4:44
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Tina Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel
Producer(s)	Mick Jones
Certification	Gold (ARIA)
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Show Me Heaven" (1996) "Burn" (1997) "If I Didn't Love You" (1997)

"Burn" is a song written by Tina Arena, Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel for Arena's third album In Deep (1997). The song was extremely successful in her native Australia reaching #2 on the ARIA Singles Chart and it was certified gold. Arena also recorded the song in Spanish, and the Italian version "Ti Voglio Qui" and was released as a single in several countries in Europe and Australia.

In 2000, "Burn" was covered by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina and her version reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Formats and track listings

Australian CD single

Catalog 664623.2

1. "Burn" – 4:24
2. "Stay" – 4:25
3. "Burn (Acoustic Version)" – 5:33

UK CD single 1

Catalog 666744.2

1. "Burn" – 4:24
2. "Heaven Help My Heart (Live)" – 5:47
3. "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You" (Duet with Marc Anthony) – 4:41

UK CD single 2

Catalog 666744.5

1. "Burn" – 4:24
2. "Burn (The 'Burn the Candle at Both Ends' Single Edit)" – 4:25
3. "Burn (The 'Burn the Candle at Both Ends' Remix)" – 10:11

Charts

Chart (1997/1999) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 2 New Zealand Singles Chart 36 UK Singles Chart 47

End of year chart (1997) Position Australian Singles Chart 41 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Australia (ARIA)[1] Gold 35,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Jo Dee Messina version

"Burn"
Single by Jo Dee Messina
from the album Burn
Released	16 October 2000
Format	CD Single
Genre	Country
Length	4:39
Label	Curb
Writer(s)	Tina Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel
Producer(s)	Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw
Jo Dee Messina singles chronology
"That's the Way" (2000) "Burn" (2000) "Downtime" (2001)
Music video "Burn" at CMT.com

"Burn" was covered by American country singer Jo Dee Messina for her third studio album Burn. It was released as the second single in October 2000, and peaked at #2 on the US Country charts^[2] in February 2001.

Music video

A music video was released for the song directed by Thom Oliphant. The video follows a medieval theme, with scenes of people dressed in renaissance garb. Messina is shown singing the song with a castle in the background, inside a room of the castle, and sitting on the ground. During parts of the chorus, Messina is standing inside of a cloud of fire.

Track listings

International CD Single

1. "Burn" - 4:39
2. "If Not You" - 4:11

US CD Promo

1. "Burn" (Radio Remix Short) - 3:57
2. "Burn" (Radio Remix Long) - 4:36
3. "Burn" (Suggested Call Out Hook) - 0:11

Chart performance

Chart (2000–01)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	2
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	42
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	21

References

1. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 229.
3. "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jo Dee Messina.
4. "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jo Dee Messina.
5. "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Jo Dee Messina.
6. "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics