Written on the spot by Adele when she woke up in the middle of the night, like many of the songs on 21, “Set Fire to lớn the Rain” covered the heartbreak of her first relationship.
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Recounting all the red flags leading to lớn the breakup, “Set Fire to the Rain” was one of Adele’s 21 power anthems of survival with the lyrics, Cause there’s a side to you / That I never knew, never knew / All the things you’d say / They were never true, never true/ and the games you’d play / You would always win, always win, continuing through the fiery chorus.
But I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceWell, it burned while I cried‘Cause I heard it screaming out your nameYour name
I set fire lớn the rainAnd I threw us into the flamesWhen we fell, something died‘Cause I knew that that was the last timeThe last time
Adele said her heart was breaking as she wrote each tuy nhiên on 21.
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“It broke my heart when I wrote this record, so the fact that people are taking it khổng lồ their hearts is lượt thích the best way to lớn recover, ‘cause I’m still not fully recovered,” said Adele in a 2011 interview reflecting on the songs, inspired by her relationship with a man who ended up marrying someone else. “It’s going to take me 10 years lớn recover, I think, from the way I feel about my last relationship. It was the biggest giảm giá in my entire life khổng lồ date.”
She added, “He made me totally hungry. He was older. He was successful in his own right, whereas my boyfriends before were my age and not really doing much. Và he got me interested in film & literature và food và wine và traveling and politics & history, & those were things I was never, ever interested in. I was interested in going clubbing & getting drunk.”
Written by Adele andFraser T. Smith & produced by Smith, thepower balladwas Adele’s second single off 21 in Europe và her third in the U.S. The tuy nhiên also peaked at No. 1 internationally in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, và the U.S., và charted within the đứng top 10 in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, & Switzerland.
Initially, the tuy vậy barely made it on the 21 album, but a last-minute switch placed it on the final cut. Eventually, “Set Fire to lớn the Rain” also replaced 21 track “Rumour Has It” as the third single in the U.S., based on research conducted by radio programmers. “Our research found more programmer preference for ‘Set Fire khổng lồ the Rain,’” said Pete Cosenza, senior vice president of adult radio promotion at Columbia. “Both ‘Rumour’ and ‘Fire’ came back strong, but ‘Fire’ was a bit stronger.”
For 21, Adele went on to lớn win dozens of awards, including American Music Awards, British Music Awards (British Album of the Year), và 2012 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album và Album of the Year.
“Set Fire to lớn the Rain” also phối Adele’s chart status early on, making her the first female British artist to lớn have three consecutive U.S. No. 1 hits with “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone like You,” and “Set Fire to lớn the Rain.”
In 2013, Adele’s live performance of “Set Fire lớn the Rain” from Live at Royal Albert Hall earned another Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.