The Roof Is on Fire
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| "The Roof Is on Fire" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three | |
| B-side | "Request Line" |
| Released | 1984 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
"The Roof Is on Fire" is a single from Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three released in 1984 that reached number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. It is remembered for its refrain
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
We don't need no water—Let the motherfucka' burn!
Burn, motherfucka', burn!
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[edit] Notability
"The Roof Is on Fire" was a moderate success, and the B-side of the single "Request Line" did arguably better in terms of radio play at the time and a music video for "Request Line" was released. The music video for "Request Line" had a reference to Michael Jackson's video "Thriller", with Charlie Prince wearing an outfit similar to Jackson's.
[edit] Cover versions
- Coal Chamber covers the chorus in the song "Sway".
- Bizzy Bone uses the first line of the chorus in his version of the song by the same name.
- Bratmobile uses the chorus in the song "Polaroid Baby" on the 1992 album Pottymouth.
- Rancid uses the lyrics in their song "Burn" on the 1994 album Let's Go.
- The Bloodhound Gang also uses the chorus in "Fire Water Burn."
- Yacht uses a variation of the chorus in the song "Dystopia."
- The Chemical Brothers sample the first line repeatedly in their hit "Hey Boy Hey Girl."
- Buck-O-Nine also uses the chorus in "I Don't Wanna Be No (J.B.J.)."
- Chonk also uses the chorus in "Distortion," featured on the Dr. Demento Show on the short-lived web series The Real UHF.
- The Prodigy uses a variation of the chorus in the song "Worlds On Fire".
- The Pharcyde uses a variation in "Return of the B-Boy", replacing "the roof" with "West Coast".
- The Dualistic Nature "Medusa, Madonna, medulla oblongata we don't need no water let the mf'r burn."
- Nocando covers the chorus in the remix of the song "Time won't tell" produced by El-P[1].
