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"The Roof Is on Fire" is a song by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, released as a single in 1984. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
I Don't Have The Heart; I Don't Want To Do Anything; I Found My Place; I Gave Him Nothing 'Til I Gave Him All; I Gave It All Away; I Go To The Rock (Danniebelle Hall, Whitney Houston, Aaron Jeoffrey, The Crabb Family) I Have Hope; I Hear The Sound Of Rain; I Heard Footsteps; I Just Came Into His Presence; I Just Came To Talk With You Lord ...
The lyric, "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire; we don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn" is originally from a song by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three from 1984 called "The Roof is on Fire". The lyric "we don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn" is also present on the 1994 song "Burn" by Rancid on their album Let's Go.
In 2009 Dylan Jones put the song in the context of the political climate in England at the time of its release, writing, "'Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)' was, in its own way, as important to the summer of 1981 as 'Ghost Town' by the Specials - a canny mix of contemporary funk and bottom-heavy agitprop, the perfect encapsulation of ...
A video was made for the single that is a shot-for-shot remake of New Order's "Confusion" video, including Arthur Baker reprising his role from the original. [5] The song was later included on the Static on the Wire EP, released on the 18 May 2010. [6] The duo also began to play live, starting with a tour with label mates LCD Soundsystem. [6]
When it was her turn to play, she interrupted host Steve Harvey to sing her very own theme song. "Holy Spirit activate! Holy Spirit activate!" Phillips chanted while dancing and clapping. Phillips ...
Despite the BBC ban, "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" reached number 45 on the UK singles chart. [11] It debuted on that chart on 21 March 1981 and peaked one week later. [ 11 ] The single peaked at number 72 in Australia, [ 12 ] and was a minor dance hit in the U.S., reaching number 29 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles ...