Settin' the Woods on Fire

"Settin' the Woods on Fire" is the name of a single and the A-side song by Hank Williams released in 1952. The song reached #2 on U.S. Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart and #2 on the National Best Sellers chart.[2]

This article is about the 1952 single. For the 1994 album, see Setting the Woods on Fire.
"Settin' the Woods on Fire"
Single by Hank Williams
B-side"You Win Again"
ReleasedSeptember 1952
RecordedJune 13, 1952
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreCountry, rockabilly[1]
Length2:35
LabelMGM Records
Songwriter(s)Fred Rose, Edward Nelson
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams singles chronology
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
(1952)		 "Settin' the Woods on Fire"
(1952)		 "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"
(1952)

Background

Although it sounds remarkably like a Hank Williams composition, "Settin' the Woods on Fire" was written by Hank's song publisher and producer Fred Rose and an elderly New Yorker, Ed G. Nelson. Williams recorded it with Rose producing at Castle Studio on June 13, 1952 in Nashville with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.[3] The song peaked at #2 while the B-side, "You Win Again," climbed to #10. Author Colin Escott offers that the song "pointed unerringly toward rockabilly,"[4] In 2007, an episode of The Batman was released called Two of a Kind, Joker and Harley Quinn sing the song while causing chaos in Gotham City.

Cover versions

Chart performance
Chart (1952) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2

References
  1. Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt and William MacEwen
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 387.
  3. Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 347. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  4. Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 214. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
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