Great Balls of Fire

For other uses, see Great Balls of Fire (disambiguation).
"Great Balls of Fire"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
B-side"You Win Again"
ReleasedNovember 1957[1]
RecordedOctober 8, 1957
StudioSun Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
GenreRock and roll
Length1:52
LabelSun 281
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sam Phillips
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
(1957) 		"Great Balls of Fire"
(1957) 		"You Win Again"
(1957)

"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records[3] and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone. It is written in AABA form.[4] It sold one million copies in its first 10 days of release in the United States making it one of the best-selling singles in the United States at that time.

  1. ^ "Review Spotlight on C&W Records". Billboard. November 11, 1957. p. 124.
  2. ^ "Jack Hammer". Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pc8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Covach, John (2005), "Form in Rock Music: A Primer", in Stein, Deborah, Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, New York: Oxford University Press, p.70, ISBN 0-19-517010-5