Burning (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)
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| "Burning" | ||||
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| Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||||
| from the album Cool It Down | ||||
| Released | August 10, 2022 | |||
| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Andrew Wyatt | |||
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs singles chronology | ||||
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"Burning" is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their fifth studio album, Cool It Down (2022). It was released by Secretly Canadian as the album's second single in August 2022. Written by the band and produced by Andrew Wyatt, "Burning" was inspired from lead singer Karen O's experience of losing most of her belongings in a fire when she was nineteen.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs aspired to make new material as early as 2020, but were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] In May 2022, after a lengthy recording hiatus, the band announced they were creating new music.[2] They confirmed that their fifth studio album, Cool It Down, would be released later that year. It was preceded by the successful digital single "Spitting Off the Edge of the World".[3]
Composition
"Burning" is a dance[4] and soul[5] song that runs for four minutes and five seconds.[6] According to lead singer and songwriter Karen O, the lyrics of "Burning" are about "smoke signals for the soul. Begging to cool it down, just doing it the best we know how."[7] After witnessing the 2020 California wildfires, Karen O recalled losing all of her personal items to an apartment fire when she was nineteen, except for her sketchbooks and family photos. Her experiences in the aftermath shaped the song's themes.[7]
"Burning" is driven by a repeating piano riff sampled from "Beggin" by the Four Seasons.[5] As a result, both Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina received songwriting credits alongside Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase.[8]