Fire
is the first single from
U2
's 1981 album
October
. It was released in Ireland and the U.K. in two different 7" versions, a single LP and a double LP. The single LP only contains the studio tracks
"Fire"
and
"J.Swallow."
This, the double-LP, is the rarest and has the most tracks. It includes live versions of
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock,"
"The Ocean,"
"Cry/The Electric Co."
from the band's March 1981 performance at the Paradise Theater in Boston, and it's the only place to find
live from Boston, making it a rare and important collectible. Several songs from the Paradise concert have been released as
singles: the aforementioned four from
,
"Out of Control"
from 1980's
I Will Follow
"I Will Follow"
from 1981's
Gloria
. ~ JT Griffith