"Keep the Fire Burnin'" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their 1982 album Good Trouble. This single was the only track from the Good Trouble album to make the top ten on the pop charts, cresting at number seven.[1]
It is also the only tune from the album to feature Kevin Cronin on keyboards (piano), which, although primarily the band's lead singer and acoustic/rhythm guitarist, he had begun using (in the studio) on the You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish album.[2]
This is the only song from the band's Good Trouble album to have been performed live in its entirety following its supporting tour in 1983. Despite that fact, however, it is still a significant rarity in the band's setlists that has only been performed a handful of times over the last 35 years. As recently as March 2020, Kevin Cronin has played the song during solo acoustic sets during REO concerts. In addition, it is also for unknown reasons the only one of the band's major hit singles that was not included on their compilation album The Hits.
Reception
Cash Box said that "the song isn't much different from a lot of the band's material since 'Roll With The Changes' and it's just a tad more melodic and uplifting than 'Don't Let Him Go.'"[3]Billboard said that "urgent uptempo rhythms, surging organ and vaulting vocals all continue the platinum style perfected on Hi Infidelity."[4]
^REO-Speedwagon – Keep the Fire Burning/I'll Follow You single
^"Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 12, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^"Top Single Picks". Billboard. June 12, 1982. p. 99. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^REO Speedwagon, Good Trouble. Sony Music Entertainment. 1982. p. 4.
^. Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 2015-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). CHUM. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^"Top Singles – Volume 37, No. 2, August 28, 1982". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. August 28, 1982. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^"REO Speedwagon - Keep the Fire Burnin'". officialcharts.de. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^"Keep the Fire Burning - R.E.O. Speedwagon" (in Polish). LP3. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ ab"Artist Chart History – REO Speedwagon". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2015-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^"Top 100 Hits for 1982". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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