B-side "Request Line" Genre Hip hop Label Reality/Fantasy | Released 1984 Length 5:30 | |
"The Roof Is on Fire" is a single from Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, released in 1984. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. It is remembered for its chorus:
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
We don't need no water—Let the motherfucker burn!
Burn, motherfucker, burn!
The song's intro is sampled by The Chemical Brothers in their song "Hey Boy Hey Girl", and the chorus is covered by the Bloodhound Gang's "Fire Water Burn", Coal Chamber's "Sway", Rancid's "Burn" and Quad City DJ's "Party Over Here".
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