1994 single by Sinéad O'Connor
"Fire on Babylon" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor, released in 1994 by Chrysalis and Ensign as the second single from the singer's fourth album, Universal Mother (1994). Co-written and produced by O'Connor with John Reynolds and English musician, composer and record producer Tim Simenon, the song also features a sample from "Dr. Jekyll" by Miles Davis. It peaked at number four in Poland, and was a top 30 hit in New Zealand and a top 40 hit in the Netherlands, but it did not chart in the UK. Reynolds told that the energy possessed by O'Connor's vocals on the track was almost impossible to contain, but they managed to trap it on tape somehow.[1] He was nominated to the Qs Producer of the Year award for the Universal Mother album. O'Connor performed the song in several TV-shows, like Late Show with David Letterman and Later... with Jools Holland. Its accompanying music video was directed by French director Michel Gondry.
