Play with Fire (Hilary Duff song)
"Play with Fire" | ||||
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Single by Hilary Duff | ||||
from the album Dignity | ||||
Released | August 21, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
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Length | 3:02 | |||
Label | Hollywood | |||
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Producer(s) | Rhett Lawrence | |||
Hilary Duff singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Play with Fire" on YouTube |
"Play with Fire" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for her fourth studio album, Dignity (2007) and is the fourteenth and final track on the album. It was written by Duff, Kara DioGuardi, Rhett Lawrence and will.i.am and produced by Lawrence. The song was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on August 21, 2006, as the lead single from Dignity.
Composition
"Play with Fire" is an
"Play with Fire" was formerly called "Happy"[2] but the song's lyrics and instrumentals were changed, and "Happy" became a separate track on Dignity. The song is played during the first club scene in the 2006 film Material Girls, in which Duff stars.
According to Duff, "Play with Fire" and the other songs on the album are "more dancey" than her previous efforts and make use of more real instruments. "[I]t's fun and funky and different, something new for me. It's really cool", she said.[3] She also described the album's sound as "a little less pop-rock and more electronic-sounding. It has a lot of dance melodies."[4] The "teaser" release of the single in advance of the album was, as she put it, "to give listeners a chance to get into [her] new sound, which matches the whole dance/electronic rock sounding vibe."[5]
Critical reception
Music video
The "Play with Fire" music video was directed by Alex and Martin and filmed in Toronto, Canada in July 2006.[2] Alex and Martin have described the video as "real and surreal" and compared its visual effects to an amusement park house of mirrors. The directors said that they designed the video so that each frame is vital, writing "[f]or example, we could see a glass reflection close-up of Hilary vibrate and explode which then transitions to a completely different image behind her, then disintegrates into a new performing shot."[2] The video was inspired by the 1948 Orson Welles film noir The Lady from Shanghai, and Duff said that "[i]t's definitely different from what anyone had seen before".[10] According to Duff, the music video for the song was filmed before the song's completion because she wanted it to be the album's first single. On the night following the rehearsals and wardrobe fittings for the video, Duff returned to the studio and finished recording the song three hours later, before a thunderstorm knocked out some of the equipment. Producer Rhett Lawrence submitted the song to the makers of the video the next morning, less than three hours before shooting was due to begin. Duff said that the situation "kind of worked out perfectly".[11]
The music video premiered on August 15, 2006 on
Track listing
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Credits and personnel
Credits for "Play With Fire" adapted from Dignity liner notes.[15]
- Hilary Duff – vocals, writer
- Kara DioGuardi – writer
- Rhett Lawrence – writer, producer, mixer
- William Adams – writer
Charts
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[16] | 31 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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United States | August 21, 2006 | Contemporary hit radio | Original | Hollywood | [2] |
May 15, 2007 | Digital download | Richard Vission remix | [17] |
References
- ^ "Hilary Duff Is Back! 5 Classic Singles To Celebrate The Diva's New Record Deal". idolator. March 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Vineyard, Jennifer. "Hilary Duff: Psychedelic Dance Star? Singer Shoots Trippy Clip For New Single". MTV News.
- ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Hilary Duff, 'American Idol,' Kate Hudson, Travis Barker, Shanna Moakler & More". MTV News. August 14, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2006.
- ^ "New Duff album to debut this fall". United Press International. August 20, 2006. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
- ^ Widran, Jonathan. "Hilary Duff Talks About The Making Of Her New Album Dignity, And Her Songwriting". SingerUniverse Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
- ^ Taylor, Chuck. "Play With Fire" Single Review. Billboard. November 21, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
- ^ Stewart, Allison. "Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff: You Growl, Girls". The Washington Post. April 15, 2007, pg. N08. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
- ^ Sylvia, Dave de. "Hilary Duff – Dignity". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Sanford, David. "Hilary Duff — Play With Fire (Remix)". About.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Martin, Gloria. "Big-Hearted Hilary Duff Proves as Generous as She Is Talented" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Hello! Canada. September 7, 2006, iss. 1.
- ^ Untitled [episode of Total Request Live]. August 15, 2006. United States: MTV.
- ^ "The TRL Archive - August 2006" Archived 2008-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. popfusion.net. Retrieved December 18, 2006.; "The TRL Archive - September 2006" Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. popfusion.net. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
- ^ "Best Direction of a Female Artist" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. MVPA. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
- ^ Lyon, Joshua. "The baddest good girl"[permanent dead link]. Jane. December 2006–January 2007, pg. 88–92.
- ^ Dignity (CD liner notes). Hilary Duff. Hollywood Records. 2007.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Hilary Duff Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ^ "Play with Fire". Amazon.