I'm on Fire

Twilley wrote it and the band produced, credited as Oister. It came out in April 1975 on Shelter and reached 16 on the Hot 100 in August and 57 in Canada, with little promotion because of Shelter's disorganization. Twilley remembered a cold November night, after their first contract, at The Church Studio in Tulsa, when Seymour urged him to make a hit and they cut the song that night; the year is not stated. Rock and Roll Globe calls it the first song they recorded in a real studio for a major label. The single runs 3:09 and the album track 3:15, and Wikipedia says the single mix has added reverb and extra vocal overdubs, a claim without a source; the single mix is on Rhino's Have a Nice Day, Vol. 15 (1990).

We found no statement from Twilley explaining the lyric, though he said of this and "Girls" that they were easy and fun to perform and he was proud of both. NPR's Ken Tucker, per a search summary, noted its use in Reservation Dogs. We found no covers or samples, no video, and no setlist count, and cannot tell if our upload is the single or album mix.