Great Balls of Fire
~ Song
Relationships
| writer: | Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire) |
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| publisher: | Carlin Music Corporation Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12963 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1028032 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Mix 4: All Shook Up / Great Balls of Fire / Don’t Be Cruel / See You Later, Alligator / Let’s Twist Again / Rock Around the Clock / Hound Dog (reprise) (order: 2) That’s What I Like (Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers medley) (order: 5) The Anniversary Waltz, Part 1 (order: 7) Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (order: 25) |
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| later translated versions: | Tu mets le feu |
| later versions: | J’ai tout mon temps |
| is the basis for: | Gamle grønne boller |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.6) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:55 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.3) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:51 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (movie version) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:47 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.1) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:56 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.5) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:54 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.4) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:56 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (3 false starts named (1.7) on BCD 17254) | partial | Jerry Lee Lewis | 0:24 |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.8) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:55 | |
| 1957-07 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.2) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:51 | |
| 1957-07 | Religious discussion / Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.5) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 5:54 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (false start & take named (2.3) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:04 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (master differently drum overdubbed) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:54 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (chat & take named (2.4) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:54 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (master) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (2 false starts & take named (2.1) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:14 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (take named (2.2) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:55 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (chat & take named (2.5) on BCD 17254) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:13 | |
| 1957-10 | Great Balls of Fire (2.4) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:56 | |
| 1957 | Great Balls of Fire (1957) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:51 | |
| 1958 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1958) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:43 |
| 1963-09-22 – 1963-09-24 | Great Balls of Fire (1963 rerecording) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:48 | |
| 1964-03-19 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1964-03-19: Granada TV Studio, Manchester, UK) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:47 |
| 1964-04-05 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1964-04-05: The Star‐Club, Hamburg, Germany (mono)) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:55 |
| 1964-04-05 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1964-04-05: The Star‐Club, Hamburg, Germany) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:44 |
| 1969-01-25 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1969-01-25: Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Fleetwood Mac | 3:37 |
| 1969-01-26 | Great Balls of Fire 26.21 | cover | The Beatles | 2:22 |
| 1969-09-24 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1969-09-24: Kultuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland) | live | Fleetwood Mac | 2:26 |
| 1970-02-07 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1970-02-07: Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA, USA) | cover and live | Fleetwood Mac | 3:14 |
| 1970-05-23 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1970-05-23: show 2, International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:02 |
| 1970-05-23 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1970-05-23: show 3, International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 0:51 |
| 1972-05-07 | Great Balls of Fire (1972-05-07: Civic Hall, Guildford, England, UK) | cover and live | Electric Light Orchestra | ?:?? |
| 1972-05-09 | Great Balls of Fire (live) | cover and live | Electric Light Orchestra | 5:41 |
| 1972-11-20 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1972-11-20: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan) | cover and live | Michel Polnareff | 5:29 |
| 1972-11-20 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1972-11-20: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan) | cover and live | Michel Polnareff | 4:43 |
| 1974-01-25 | Great Balls of Fire (Live Golders Green Hippodrome Performance) | cover and live | Electric Light Orchestra | 3:25 |
| 1974-05-12 | Great Balls of Fire (live) | cover and live | Electric Light Orchestra | 3:06 |
| 1974-05-12 | In the Hall of the Mountain King / Great Balls of Fire (live, 1974-05-12: Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, CA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Electric Light Orchestra | 8:36 |
| 1977-11 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1977-11: The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:01 |
| 1978-08 | Great Balls of Fire | cover | Spider Murphy Gang | 1:45 |
| 1980-11-02 | Great Balls of Fire | cover and live | Elton John | 1:35 |
| 1980 | Great Balls of Fire | cover | New Jordal Swingers | 1:57 |
| 1982 | Great Balls of Fire (mono version) | cover | Jannicke | 1:45 |
| 1983-04-16 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1983-04-16: The Hammersmith, London, UK) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 |
| 1983-12-10 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1983-12-10: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | Richard Thompson Band | 3:36 |
| 1983-12-10 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1983-12-10: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | Richard Thompson Band | 3:36 |
| 1985-11-01 | Great Balls of Fire | cover, live and medley | Offenbach | 1:15 |
| 1985-11-01 | Medley: Chu un rocker / Jailhouse Rock / Slow Down / Great Balls of Fire / Chu un rocker | cover, live and medley | Offenbach | 6:41 |
| 1986-02-28 | Great Balls of Fire (fast) (live, 1986-02-28: Palomino Club, North Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:19 |
| 1986-02-28 | Great Balls of Fire (slow) (live, 1986-02-28: Palomino Club, North Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:00 |
| 1991-12-17 – 1991-12-18 | Great Balls of Fire | cover and live | Herman Brood | 1:48 |
| 1993-05-20 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993‐05‐20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:40 |
| 1993-05-20 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993‐05‐20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis | 3:04 |
| 1993-05-20 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993‐05‐20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? |
| 1993-12-09 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993-12-09: Quicksilver Club, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Tiny Tim with The New Duncan Imperials | 1:51 |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:15 |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Bruce Springsteen | 2:15 |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | 2:25 |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Jerry Lee Lewis with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:16 |
| 1995-09-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995‐09‐02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? |
| 1998-06-02 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 1998-06-02: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland) | cover and live | Elton John & Billy Joel | ?:?? |
| 2001-12-08 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2001-12-08: Edinburgh, Scotland) | cover and live | Showaddywaddy | 0:59 |
| 2003-03-14 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2003-03-14: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, USA) | cover and live | Elton John & Billy Joel | ?:?? |
| 2006-09-29 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2006-09-29, New York City, New York) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:10 |
| 2007-10-27 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2007-10-27: Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? |
| 2008-06-13 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2008-06-13: Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | cover and live | Dolly Parton | 0:55 |
| 2009-08-01 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2009‐08‐01: Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-30 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2009‐10‐30: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:56 |
| 2009-10-30 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2009‐10‐30: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:03 |
| 2010 | Great Balls of Fire (live at CMC Rocks the Snowys) (2010) | cover and live | Lee Kernaghan | 2:12 |
| 2011-04-17 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2011-04-17: Third Man Records, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? |
| 2014-05-06 | [intro] / Great Balls of Fire (live, 2014‐05‐06: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen with Joe Ely | 6:26 |
| 2014-05-06 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2014‐05‐06: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:41 |
| 2014-05-06 | Great Balls of Fire (live, 2014‐05‐06: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 2014-06 | Fire Medley: Baby I’m Burning / Great Balls of Fire / This Girl Is on Fire (Live at Glastonbury Festival 2014) | cover, live and medley | Dolly Parton | 3:27 |
| 2014 | Great Balls of Fire / Lucille (live, 2014: USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| '60s Mix: Great Balls of Fire (part of Jive Bunny “In the Mix” DJ‐mix) | cover and partial | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | 1:48 | |
| 8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of Fire | cover | Vicious Pink | 4:57 | |
| 8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of Fire | cover | Vicious Pink | 2:47 | |
| 815 to Nowhere (Xtrabeat mix) (part of “Welcome to the Robots, Vol 1” DJ-mix) | cover | Vicious Pink | 3:31 | |
| Don't Be Cruel to the Great Balls of Anneliese | cover and medley | Unicante | 6:43 | |
| Grandes bolas de fuego | cover | Los Sonámbulos | ?:?? | |
| Great Ball of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:50 | ||
| Great Ball of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:48 | ||
| Great Ball of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | ||
| Great Ball of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:49 | ||
| Great Ball of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:53 | ||
| Great Ball Of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:50 | ||
| Great balls of fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:50 | ||
| Great balls of fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:53 | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | cover | Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas | 1:48 | |
| Great Balls of Fire (mono) | cover | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 1:44 | |
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | cover | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 1:49 | |
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:50 | ||
| Great Balls of Fire | cover | Billy J. Kramer | 1:47 | |
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