"Catch a Fire" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway. It was released on July 31, 1995 as the second single from his second studio album, The Drive. It was written by Dee Dee Halligan, Richard W. Palmer-James and Junior Torello, and produced by Halligan and Torello. The song was the last major Haddaway hit in several countries, particularly in Israel, Belgium (Flanders), where it reached the top 10. "Catch a Fire" also peaked at number 12 in Finland and number 17 in the Netherlands. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number 43. For the first time, a Haddaway song was not released in France.
Critical reception
AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis described the track as a "fantastic, urgent, anthemic" song and noted further that it "definitely deserved some form of exposure in the U.S.".[1]