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“Fire and Rain” is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single the following February. “Fire and Rain” quickly rose to number three on the Billboard hot 100 charts. It was soon covered by Anne Murray, on her album Honey, Wheat and Laughter, also in 1970.

Moody and introspective, “Fire and Rain” became something of a prototype for the singer-songwriter genre that would boom in the few years following its release. Its apocalyptic imagery proved provocative to would-be interpreters. The sparse arrangement, centered around Taylor’s ringing acoustic guitar figures, also became a signature sound for Taylor and was influential among other performers.

“Fire and Rain” is in the 227th position on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Origin of the song

Taylor has related different versions of what the song is about.

In a BBC interview he stated that the song chronicled his experiences in mental institutions and the suicide of a friend.

On the VH1 series Story Tellers, Taylor said that the song was, indeed, about Suzanne Schnerr, a friend of his who died suddenly while he was away from home (the second line of the song is “Suzanne the plans they made put an end to you”).
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  • BMWPRETTY

    Whooooooooo! Nice! Spank! Did I say NICE! WHOOOOO! Epic! :-)

    Thursday morning

  • r-iman

    what a great song ..................

    Wednesday afternoon

  • mortlach16

    So much better than his studio versions - awesome.

    last month

  • JerryZola25

    pure class

    last month

  • A-ha25

    Nice.

    last month

  • Lucylloyd

    just lovely

    last month

  • nativelu02

    nice

    last month

  • cindyloulove

    Great song and singer

    March 2012

  • lottadogs

    ....ahhhh the memories...wonderful song!!!!

    March 2012

  • DonkeyKongJr13

    he sure did have an ugly mustache

    February 2012

  • greenvillepa

    Sweet !

    February 2012

  • r-iman

    classic

    February 2012

  • falconwingb

    one of my all time favorites,great song

    February 2012

  • knotweed

    :)

    February 2012

  • vspeedoflight

    人 * 人“. “人 * 人“. “人 * 人“. “人*人“. “人 * 人“. “人 * 人“. “人 *

    January 2012

  • staklee2002mj

    paul i know i'll see you again not long now

    January 2012

  • RioDomingo

    great song, but not the best version.

    January 2012

  • RocketmanPaul

    What a classic from a great singer-songwriter

    January 2012

  • r-iman

    love it

    January 2012

  • Marjo47

    such a beautiful song.

    January 2012
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