Just Like Fire

This article is about the Pink song. For the Saints song, see Just Like Fire Would.
"Just Like Fire"
Single by Pink
from the album Alice Through the Looking Glass: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)
Format
Recorded 2016
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:35
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Pink singles chronology
"Today's the Day"
(2015)		 "Just Like Fire"
(2016)		 "Setting the World on Fire"
(2016)

"Just Like Fire" is a song recorded by American singer Pink for the soundtrack to the 2016 film, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Pink co-wrote the song with Max Martin, Shellback, and Oscar Holter, who all serve as producers on the track.[1] The song was released to digital retailers through RCA Records on April 15, 2016 and was serviced to American adult pop radio through RCA and Walt Disney Records on April 18, 2016.[2][3]

Upon its release, "Just Like Fire" debuted in the top 50 on multiple international singles charts, and has peaked in the top 10 in the United States. In Australia it reached number one in its second week and has also been certified triple Platinum by ARIA.[4]

Composition

"Just Like Fire" is a pop rock song with hip hop influences written by Pink, Max Martin, Shellback, and Oscar Holter. The trio was also responsible for the song's production.[5] The song has been praised for maintaining Pink's signature sound, but also covering new ground stylistically, including a rap-style breakdown.[6] Pink, in an interview with People, stated that her daughter, Willow Sage, was the inspiration for the track.[7] The song marks the first occasion that the singer has written an original song for a live action feature film.[6]

Release

Ahead of the track's April 15, 2016 premiere date, Pink uploaded a preview picture, suspected to be from the song's music video,[8] to her Instagram account. It featured the singer snarling at the camera while wearing a black lace outfit with a thorn-insipired black headpiece. The image was captioned "Let's do this #justlikefire".[8] The following day the song was released to digital retailers. Following the initial release, Pink topped the Billboard + Twitter Trending 140 chart, which measures the acceleration of conversation around artists and their music.[5]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Just Like Fire" received 798 and 565 plays on contemporary hit radio and hot adult contemporary radio, respectively, on its first day of availability (April 15, 2016).[9] After the official add dates (April 19, 2016 for CHR and April 18, 2016 for Hot AC), "Just Like Fire" ranked as the most-added song at Hot AC radio with 62 Mediabase-monitored stations, more than double the amount of the second-most-added song.[10] The song resultantly debuted at 38 and 27, respectively, on the Billboard Pop Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts dated April 30, 2016. "Just Like Fire" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 42 on the chart dated May 7, 2016.[11] It has since peaked at number 10, becoming her first top 10 single since "Just Give Me a Reason" reached number one in April 2013.

The song also performed well internationally, reaching the top 10 in Australia, Hungary, and Scotland. "Just Like Fire" saw its greatest commercial success in Australia, where it debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The following week, the song rose to number one, giving Pink her eighth Australian No. 1, and was also certified Gold by ARIA. It has since been certified triple Platinum.[4] In Canada, the song entered the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 at number 35 on the chart dated May 7, 2016.[12]

Track listing

Digital download

  1. "Just Like Fire" (From "Alice Through the Looking Glass") – 3:35

Wideboys remix

  1. "Just Like Fire" (From "Alice Through the Looking Glass") [Wideboys Remix] – 3:42

Live performance

"Just Like Fire" made its TV debut at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards on May 22, 2016, where Pink soared over the crowd through a series of acrobatic stunts. She performed the song a day later along with "White Rabbit" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In the Swedish Idol 2016 Charlie Grönwall sang his own version of "Just Like Fire"

Music video

The official video for "Just Like Fire" was directed by Dave Meyers and was released May 9, 2016, ahead of the US premiere of Alice Through the Looking Glass.[5] The video features Pink's husband Carey Hart and their daughter Willow.[13] In it, Pink is observed swinging on silk ropes hung from the ceiling of a large drawing room by her husband. Her daughter, seated on a nearby fireplace mantle, watches as a blue butterfly flies into a mirror over the fireplace. Willow follows, stepping into the mirror. Shortly after, Pink swings on the ropes and leaps onto the mantle, stepping into the mirror as well. She arrives on a giant chessboard outside a castle. On the chessboard are doubles of Pink dressed as various chess pieces. The doubles circle Pink and the white queen shoves her over. She lands in a chair at at a table set up for a tea party suspended in the air. Also seated around the table is the Mad Hatter and Willow. The butterfly from the beginning flies around the table as Pink sings the song's bridge. Suddenly, she falls out of her chair and is shown falling through the sky, stopping inches off the ground in a rose garden. The Timekeeper from the film gives Willow a watch in the background. Then, Pink begins hallucinating scenes from the film, her in a straightjacket, and scene from earlier in the video. It suddenly cuts to Pink in a straightjacket, being carted away into a sanitarium while her husband signs the release papers with a female doctor.

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 37
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[17] 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[18] 11
Canada AC (Billboard)[19] 2
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[20] 7
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[21] 2
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[22] 2
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[23] 30
Finnish Airplay (Suomen virallinen radiosoittolista)[24] 71
France (SNEP)[25] 37
Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 21
Germany (Airplay Chart)[27] 2
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[28] 6
Hungary (Single Top 40)[29] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[30] 23
Italy (FIMI)[31] 86
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[32] 31
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[33] 20
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[34] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[35] 22
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[36] 57
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[37] 11
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[38] 10
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[39] 14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[40] 8
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[41] 19
Slovenia (SloTop50)[42] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[43] 85
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[45] 19
US Billboard Hot 100[46] 10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[47] 1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[48] 2
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[49] 35
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[50] 7
US Kid Digital Songs (Billboard)[51] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[52] Platinum 100,000^
Italy (FIMI)[53] Gold 25,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[56] Platinum 1,000,000[57]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide April 15, 2016 Digital download
[2]
United States April 18, 2016 Hot adult contemporary
  • RCA
  • Walt Disney
 [3]
April 19, 2016 Contemporary hit radio [58]
Italy April 22, 2016 [59]

See also

References

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  8. 1 2 "Pink Teases Terrifying "Just Like Fire" Promo Pic, Starts Work On New LP". Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
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