Darius Rucker - "Fires Don't Start Themselves"

[recordyear]

Artist: Darius Rucker
Single: Fires Don't Start Themselves
Album: Carolyn’s Boy
Label: Capitol Nashville
Impact Date: April 3rd, 2023 (AllAccess)
Writers: Ben Hayslip, Dan Isbell, Jacob Rice

Latest Darius Rucker single on radio.

[gonecountry]

Darius' version of Gettin' You Home. Not a bad song and the delivery is fine, we'll see how this does.

[countryfan43]

This isn't bad but I can't help but hearing "The kind of love we make" in this song. Maybe it's just me but parts of it sound really similar. It helps it got the Iheart deal but only getting 7 total plays yesterday makes me think this might not do much for Darius.

[recordyear]

Apr 2, 2023 20:44:47 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

This isn't bad but I can't help but hearing "The kind of love we make" in this song. Maybe it's just me but parts of it sound really similar. It helps it got the Iheart deal but only getting 7 total plays yesterday makes me think this might not do much for Darius.

Tbf they share a writer (Dan Isbell).

Also oof at this only getting 7 total play yesterday. That album might as well be never come out if he needs a hit to release it.

[raylatch98]

Yeah today's update doesn't leave me feeling optimistic about this song once the debut effect is done.

[rsandcm1]

Why didn't they release an album when "Beers And Sunshine" hit? They might have been able to continue momentum then.

[recordyear]

Second most added with 64 adds and total historic adds this week.

[CoJoFan]

Debuts at #25 on Billboard Country Airplay.

[.indulgecountry]

^ Will probably be its peak given some of the comments.

I like the song though and Darius is an above-average male vocalist in a field with many average male vocalists, so I hope there's a chance it somehow recovers and becomes an actual meaningful hit for him, and that they drop the new album soon.

[raylatch98]

Apr 7, 2023 16:03:38 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

^ Will probably be its peak given some of the comments.

I like the song though and Darius is an above-average male vocalist in a field with many average male vocalists, so I hope there's a chance it somehow recovers and becomes an actual meaningful hit for him, and that they drop the new album soon.

I do think it could as the add date is rather encouraging and the updates the last few days have been encouraging imo.

[rsandcm1]

Wow, with his gap in songs I figured Darius' career might have been dead in the water at this point. But I'll be very happy if he can turn this around and get his momentum back.

[gcizvolsfan]

I love this song! That means it won't do anything on the charts.

[zdm1998]

Wonder if they pull the plug on this soon. It's streaming is horrendous and isn't doing well on the Monday Morning Intel. There is just zero interest for this song. It has a whole 3.6 million streams on Spotify

[raylatch98]

Jul 26, 2023 19:51:46 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

Wonder if they pull the plug on this soon. It's streaming is horrendous and isn't doing well on the Monday Morning Intel. There is just zero interest for this song. It has a whole 3.6 million streams on Spotify

Yeah this song is just existing on radio doing nothing with no consumer interest. I love Darius Rucker, but it's clear this single choice has turned into a mistake.

[someguy]

Drops back to #45 in week 19, but keeps its bullet. I know the chart is fairly stagnant at this point, but it looks like a bit of a long road to re-enter the top 40. I’m assuming that its inflated #25 debut will be its peak.

[.indulgecountry]

With the album coming out in a couple months and this one struggling to pick up any real traction, they'd probably be best to pivot away from this to something else sooner rather than later. I still maintain that country radio whiffed with this one though because it's one of his stronger singles in awhile.

[countryfan43]

Looks like they won’t be quitting this now because of strong gains from After Midnite adding it.

[recordyear]

Music video.

[.indulgecountry]

Wasn't expecting such a great music video for this when I pressed 'play,' but man, that was great. A really interesting and fully-fleshed out storyline concept instead of just the run-of-the-mill steamy bedroom scenes, lol. I love the way they incorporated Darius' role as a police detective trying to catch up to the "flaming fugitives." Easily one of the best male artist country videos I've seen in awhile.

[someguy]

This goes recurrent after spending 22 weeks on the chart.

[bigd79]

I doubt this is done. I think it will re-enter in a week or 2.

I’m really looking forward to the album regardless how how it might perform. At this point its almost expected that these albums are going to disappoint from a sales perspective. I hate it, but thats just how it is now. I’ve been listening to Darius for over 30 years now, and i will always look forward to any new music he has for us. IMO, he’s a legend.

[Kanenrá:ke]

Finally got around to the music video and what a great concept for such a bland song.

I will hope he can score another hit someday but it's looking less and less likely.