"Start the Fire" was the final Alcazar

Alcazar (band)

Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...

 single, released in 2005

2005 in music

-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

 as a second single from their compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Dancefloor Deluxe

Dancefloor Deluxe

Dancefloor Deluxe is the third album and the first compilation album by Swedish eurodance group Alcazar. It was released in Sweden on August 25, 2004.-Standard Edition 2004:-Single Disc Edition 2005:-Chart performance:-External links:**...

, before their three year hiatus. The chorus is borrowed from Billy Joel

Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

's classic hit "We Didn't Start the Fire

We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics are made up from rapid-fire brief allusions to over a hundred headline events between March 1949 and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front...

", though the verses are completely new. It also features samples from Heartache # 9 of Delegation

Delegation

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. The maxi single contains two previously unreleased tracks "Glamourama" and "Nothing But the Video On". These tracks are rumoured to have been recorded for a third Alcazar studio album.

The track reached #10 in Sweden

Sweden

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, and, randomly enough #87 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. During the filming of the video, one of the lead singers, Annikafiore managed to break her foot.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of "Start the Fire".

CD single

1. "Original Version"
2. "Glamourama"
3. "Nothing But the Video On"
4. "Exended Version"
5. "Physical (Poolbreeze Mix)"

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	10
Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	87
Finnish Airplay Chart	22
Finnish Dance Chart	14
German Singles Chart	62
Ukraine	12
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	49
US Dance Airplay Chart	14