Australian singles charts:
Fire and Rain entered the Kent charts on 9 November 1970 and peaked at #6. The song was #47 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Sweet Baby James which entered the Kent album charts on 21 December 1970 and peaked at #7.
Songwriter:
James Taylor
Producer:
Peter Asher
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
James Taylor performs Fire and Rain on the BBC series In Concert, on 16 November 1970:
Songfacts:
This song is about the high and low points of Taylor’s life. He was only 20 when he wrote it in 1968, but was battling depression and drug addiction.
This was the song that took Taylor from little-known troubadour to star of the ’70s singer-songwriter movement.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/james-taylor/fire-and-rain
Lyrics:
Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone
Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can’t remember who to send it to
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong: Fire and Rain by Marcia Hines
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