Settin' the Woods on Fire
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| "Settin' the Woods on Fire" | ||||
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| Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys | ||||
| B-side | "You Win Again" | |||
| Published | July 29, 1952 Milene Music[1] | |||
| Released | September 1952 | |||
| Recorded | June 13, 1952[2] | |||
| Studio | Castle Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country & Western, Honky-tonk, Country blues, proto-rockabilly[3] | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | MGM 11318 | |||
| Songwriters | Fred Rose, Edward Nelson | |||
| Producer | Fred Rose | |||
| Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology | ||||
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"Settin' the Woods on Fire" was the A-side of a single by Hank Williams (opposed by "You Win Again"), released in September 1952.[4] The song reached number 2 on U.S. Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart and number 2 on the National Best Sellers chart.[5]
Although it sounds remarkably like a Hank Williams composition,[citation needed] "Settin' the Woods on Fire" was written by Williams's song publisher and producer Fred Rose and an elderly New Yorker, Ed G. Nelson. Williams recorded it with Rose producing at Castle Studio on June 13, 1952, in Nashville, with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.[6] The song peaked at number 2, while the B-side, "You Win Again," climbed to number 10. Author Colin Escott offers that the song "pointed unerringly toward rockabilly,"[7]
In The Batman episode "Two of a Kind", the Joker and Harley Quinn sing the song while causing chaos in Gotham City.
