Fight Fire with Fire (Kansas song)

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"Fight Fire With Fire"

Single by Kansas

from the album Drastic Measures

B-side

"Incident on a Bridge"

Released

August 1983 ^[1]

Recorded

Early 1983

Length

3:40

Label

CBS Associated

Songwriter(s)

Dino Elefante, John Elefante

Producer(s)

Kansas, Neil Kernon

Kansas singles chronology

"Chasing Shadows"
(1982)

"Fight Fire With Fire"
(1983)

"Everybody's My Friend"
(1983)

"Fight Fire with Fire" is a song by American band Kansas, written by John and Dino Elefante for the 1983 album Drastic Measures. Charting at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] it became the twelfth Kansas single to chart on the Top 100. It was promoted with a music video starring Dan Shor, which was blown up to 35 mm film and displayed as a trailer in movie theaters.^[3]

The song was re-released on several compilation and live albums, including The Best of Kansas, The Ultimate Kansas, Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection, and the live CD/DVD combos Device, Voice, Drum and There's Know Place Like Home.

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	58
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[5]	3

References

^ "Kansas singles".
^ "Fight Fire with Fire" chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
^ Iozzia, David. Who... What... Where... with John Elefante, Dave's On Tour. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
^ "Kansas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ "Kansas Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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Phil Ehart Rich Williams Billy Greer Tom Brislin Ronnie Platt Joe Deninzon Zak Rizvi Kerry Livgren Dave Hope Robby Steinhardt Steve Walsh John Elefante Steve Morse Greg Robert David Manion David Ragsdale
Studio albums	Kansas Song for America Masque Leftoverture Point of Know Return Monolith Audio-Visions Vinyl Confessions Drastic Measures Power In the Spirit of Things Freaks of Nature Always Never the Same Somewhere to Elsewhere The Prelude Implicit The Absence of Presence
Live albums	Two for the Show Live at the Whisky King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas Dust in the Wind Device – Voice – Drum There's Know Place Like Home
Compilations	The Best of Kansas Carry On The Kansas Boxed Set The Ultimate Kansas Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection On the Other Side Works in Progress
Singles	"Song for America" "Carry On Wayward Son" "What's on My Mind" "Point of Know Return" "Dust in the Wind" "Portrait (He Knew)" "People of the South Wind" "Hold On" "Play the Game Tonight" "Fight Fire with Fire" "All I Wanted"
Other songs	"The Wall"
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