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Hearts on Fire (HammerFall song)

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Length
  
Single 12:11 DVD 26:32

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Released
  
Single: 30 September, 2002 DVD: 4 November, 2002

Recorded
  
May–July 2002 Wisseloord Studios, Netherlands; Twilight Studios, Germany; Mi Sueño, Tenerife April 2000, JM Studios, Sweden 4 August, 2001, Wacken Open Air, Germany

Genre
  
Power metal, Heavy metal

Writer(s)
  
Joacim Cans, Oscar Dronjak

"Hearts on Fire" is a song by Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall released as their single on September 30, 2002. It was the only single released from their fourth studio album, Crimson Thunder. The title and lyric Hearts on Fire is a nod to the poem Der heimliche Aufmarsch by Erich Weinert. It ranked 11th in the Swedish charts and 58th in Germany.

Contents

The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

A promotional DVD, also titled Hearts on Fire, was released by Nuclear Blast on November 4, 2002. It ranked 9th in the Swedish charts.

CD

From Metal Archives.

DVD

From the song's web page.

  • Bonus materials DVD: photo gallery

    • Personnel

  • Joacim Cans – Lead and backing vocals
  • Oscar Dronjak – guitar and backing vocals (also Lead and rhythm guitars on CD)
  • Stefan Elmgren – lead guitar (also rhythm guitars and backing vocals on CD)
  • Magnus Rosén – bass guitar
  • Anders Johansson – drums

    • Guest Performers

  • Mat Sinner and Rolf Köhler – additional backing vocals on Hearts On Fire (both CD and DVD)

    • Release information

  • An orange 12" vinyl, 12", maxi-single, limited edition was released with three tracks on the LP. On side A; "Hearts on Fire" and on side B; "We're Gonna Make It (Twisted Sister cover) and "Heeding The Call (live)".
  • The Japanese release is an enhanced version of the single and came out on 21 September 2002. It has all the tracks from the original release with three additional tracks: "Rising Force" (originally performed by Yngwie Malmsteen), "Templars Of Steel (live)" and "Let The Hammer Fall (live)".

    • References

    Hearts on Fire (HammerFall song) Wikipedia
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