Through the Fire
Chaka Khan’s 1984 recording of “Through the Fire” is the earliest release on file. David Walter Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil are credited as its writers. Also recorded by GTS feat. Melodie Sexton (released 1996), Janno Gibbs & Lani Misalucha (released 2001) and Eliane Elias (released 1986), among 41 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Kanye West’s “Through the Wire” (2004) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
"Through the Wire" carries the writing credit of "Through the Fire," so the song under those verses has a singer of its own. Chaka Khan cut it first, back in 1984; go hear where that title came from.
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▶Through the Fire - A COLORS SHOWCredited writers: David Walter Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1984.
Kanye West’s “Through the Wire” (2004) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Eliane Elias1986
- Black Fantasy1986
- Peabo Bryson1994
- GTS feat. Melodie Sexton1996
- June Stanley1996
- Jeff Linsky1997
- Eric Alexander2000
- Janno Gibbs & Lani Misalucha2001
- Nina2005
41 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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