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"Sex on Fire"
Song

"Sex on Fire" is the first single of Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only by the Night. The song gave Kings of Leon their first number one single, charting at the top-spot in the UK singles chart on digital downloads alone, before its physical release.

Critical reception

The song has received very positive reviews. Digital Spy rated the song fours stars out of five, describing it as "A truly stirring single that will be a definite highlight on their winter arena tour."[1] The Sun also praised the song, saying it is "another of the latest album’s genuinely great and grand numbers."[2] Planet Sound also rated the song 9/10.

Chart

On September 14 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #1 on downloads alone, knocking Katy Perry off the top spot and stayed on for another two weeks at #1.

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart [3] 6
Austrian Singles Chart [3] 71
Belgium Singles Top 50 18
Danish Singles Chart [3] 21
Dutch Top 40 [3] 32
Irish Singles Chart [3] 1
New Zealand Singles Chart [3] 3
UK Singles Chart [3] 1 (3)
Brazil Singles Chart [3] 27
Canadian Hot 100 [3] 75
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks [4] 20

References

Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
September 14, 2008
Succeeded by
incumbent
Irish Singles Chart number-one single
September 18, 2008

Template:2008 UK number one singles