Rooms on Fire

"Rooms on Fire"
Single by Stevie Nicks
from the album The Other Side of the Mirror
B-side
ReleasedApril 24, 1989 (1989-04-24)[1]
GenrePop[2]
Length4:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rupert Hine
Stevie Nicks singles chronology
"Imperial Hotel"
(1986)
"Rooms on Fire"
(1989)
"Long Way to Go"
(1989)
Music video
"Rooms on Fire" on YouTube

"Rooms on Fire" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks from her fourth solo studio album The Other Side of the Mirror (1989). Written by Nicks and Rick Nowels, and produced by Rupert Hine, the song was released on April 24, 1989, by the Modern label, as the lead single from The Other Side of the Mirror. The 12-inch single was released in a limited-edition poster sleeve in certain territories.

"Rooms on Fire" was successful on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and on the US Billboard Hot 100 while topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. In the United Kingdom, it was Nicks' first solo top-forty hit and is her highest-charting song to date. The single was also highly successful in Canada and New Zealand, reaching numbers nine and 12 respectively.

In the accompanying music video for "Rooms on Fire", Nicks is seen holding a baby dressed in white, played by her goddaughter. "Rooms on Fire" was performed sporadically at Nicks' live concerts up until New Year's Eve of 1999, though it has yet to be played live since then. Nearly 30 years after original release, Nicks planned to sing "Rooms on Fire" on the 24 Karat Gold Tour, but the song was cut from the setlist.

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. April 22, 1989. p. 47.
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 4, 2024). "Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks' 20 best songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved July 8, 2024.