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"Wildfire" is a song written by Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler. It was originally recorded by Murphey, who had yet to add his middle name to his recorded work, and appears on his gold -plus 1975 album Blue Sky – Night Thunder .
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. [3] A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959.
"Wildfire" is composed in the key of G♯ minor with a tempo of 91 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 4 4. [6] The song has a swamp rock sound, [7] which also incorporates funk, dance and R&B, [8] and is "complete with a chorus of crickets, frogs & other creatures interspersed throughout the track," [9] as Crowder "relays to us the notion that wildfire from Jesus set us free ...
Having first charted with "Geronimo's Cadillac" in 1972, he did not chart again until "Wildfire" three years later. Initially a pop singer, Murphey shifted to country music in 1982 with "What's Forever For", a number 1 country hit.
The Best of Michael Martin Murphey is the first compilation album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey.It was released in 1985 via EMI America Records.
Blue Sky – Night Thunder is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Murphey and is considered one of the seminal albums of his career. Released in 1975, it produced two major hit singles—the platinum-certified "Wildfire" and "Carolina in the Pines"—and established him as a major force in popular music.
"Wildflower" is a song written by Doug Edwards and Dave Richardson in 1972. First performed by the Canadian band Skylark, it has been covered by many artists and more recently has been sampled in a number of hip hop songs. The title, "Wildflower", is not mentioned in the song.
"Fight Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Rachel Platten, released on February 19, 2015, through Columbia Records. The song was included on Platten's debut extended play (EP.) of the same name (2015), and her second studio album, Wildfire (2015). The pop rock song was written by Platten and Dave Bassett, and produced by Jon Levine ...