Set Fire to the Rain
July 4, 2011 (Download)
Set Fire to the Rain is a song by British singer Adele. The song was released on July 4, 2011 as the second single from her second studio album 21, but was already available as a download from March 25. The single sold well, but lagged behind the success of Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You. In the U.S., the third single by Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You Adele to number -one hit was 21 from Album
The song is the intro music for the German real-life documentary Julia Leischik searches: Please login which will be broadcast on free TV channels Sat.1.
Set Fire to the Rain was produced by Fraser T. Smith and written by Adele and Fraser T. Smith. In this song, Adele's vocal range of Bb3 enough to D5. The song describes the negative elements of a relationship and the impossibility of separation.
John Murphy of MusicOMH described the song as " power ballad ". The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reviewed the song as a dusted with sinfully lush strings pop song.