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"Fire Woman"
Single bythe Cult
from the albumSonic Temple
B-side	"Automatic Blues"
Released	13 March 1989
Genre	Heavy metal[1]
Length	5:11
Label	Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)	Ian Astbury Billy Duffy
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
The Cult singles chronology
"Wild Flower" (1987) "Fire Woman" (1989) "Edie (Ciao Baby)" (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Number One	[2]

"Fire Woman" is a song by British rock bandthe Cult, written by singerIan Astbury and guitaristBilly Duffy. It was the first single released from their fourth studio album,Sonic Temple, and was subsequently featured on all of the Cult's compilation/greatest hits albums, as well as being a steady fixture of the band's live performances.

"Fire Woman peaked atNo. 2 on the USBillboardModern Rock Tracks chart and No. 46 on theBillboard Hot 100. It also reached No. 1 on New Zealand'sRecorded Music NZ (then RIANZ) chart and No. 15 on theUK Singles Chart. Two remixed versions of the song were released as B-sides or promos—the "LA Rock Mix" and the "NYC Rock Mix". Astbury claims the eponymous "fire woman" is a universal symbol, along the lines of a primary element.^[3]

Crush 40, best known for their contributions toSega'sSonic the Hedgehog video game series, featured a cover of "Fire Woman" as the ninth track of their 2009compilation albumThe Best of Crush 40 - Super Sonic Songs, and the tenth in their firstlive albumLive!.

UK 7-inch single

A Side: "Fire Woman"

B Side: "Automatic Blues"

UK 12-inch single

A Side: "Fire Woman", "Automatic Blues"

B Side: "Messing Up the Blues"

A Side: "Fire Woman (LA Rock Mix)"

B Side: "Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix)"

• The song was used during the closing credits of every Australian broadcast of theFormula One season since 2007.^[3]
• The song was used in the 2013Doctor Who episode "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS".
• The song, along with its video, was featured in the first episode of thesecond season ofBeavis and Butt-Head.
• The song was used in the closing credits of theSeverance season 2 episode "Sweet Vitriol".

• 1989 singles
• 1989 songs
• Beggars Banquet Records singles
• The Cult songs
• Number-one singles in New Zealand
• Song recordings produced by Bob Rock
• Songs written by Billy Duffy
• Songs written by Ian Astbury

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