Great Balls of Fire

~ Song

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writer:Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter)
Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
publisher:Carlin Music Corporation
Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12963 [info]
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)
The Anniversary Waltz, Part 1 (order: 7)
later translated versions:Tu mets le feu
later versions:J’ai tout mon temps
is the basis for:Gamle grønne boller

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (movie version)Jerry Lee Lewis1:47
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.8) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:55
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.1) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:56
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.5) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:54
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.4) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:56
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (3 false starts named (1.7) on BCD 17254)partialJerry Lee Lewis0:24
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.2) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:51
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.6) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:55
1957-07Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.3) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:51
1957-07Religious discussion / Great Balls of Fire (take named (1.5) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis5:54
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (master)Jerry Lee Lewis1:52
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (take named (2.2) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis1:55
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (master differently drum overdubbed)Jerry Lee Lewis1:54
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (2 false starts & take named (2.1) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis2:14
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (chat & take named (2.4) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis2:54
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (false start & take named (2.3) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis2:04
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (chat & take named (2.5) on BCD 17254)Jerry Lee Lewis2:13
1957-10Great Balls of Fire (2.4)Jerry Lee Lewis1:56
1963-09-22 – 1963-09-24Great Balls of Fire (1963 rerecording)Jerry Lee Lewis1:48
1964-04-05Great Balls of Fire (live, 1964-04-05: The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany (mono))liveJerry Lee Lewis1:55
1969-01-26Great Balls of Fire 26.21coverThe Beatles2:22
1972-05-07Great Balls of Fire (1972-05-07: Civic Hall, Guildford, England, UK)cover and liveElectric Light Orchestra?:??
1972-05-09Great Balls of Fire (live)cover and liveElectric Light Orchestra5:41
1972-11-20Great Balls of Fire (live, 1972-11-20: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan)cover and liveMichel Polnareff4:43
1972-11-20Great Balls of Fire (live, 1972-11-20: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan)cover and liveMichel Polnareff5:29
1974-01-25Great Balls of Fire (Live Golders Green Hippodrome Performance)cover and liveElectric Light Orchestra3:25
1974-05-12Great Balls of Fire (live)cover and liveElectric Light Orchestra3:06
1974-05-12In the Hall of the Mountain King / Great Balls of Fire (live, 1974-05-12: Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, CA, USA)cover, live and medleyElectric Light Orchestra8:36
1978-08Great Balls of FirecoverSpider Murphy Gang1:45
1980-11-02Great Balls Of Firecover and liveElton John1:35
1985-11-01Great Balls of Firecover, live and medleyOffenbach1:15
1985-11-01Medley: Chu un rocker / Jailhouse Rock / Slow Down / Great Balls of Fire / Chu un rockercover, live and medleyOffenbach6:41
1991-12-17 – 1991-12-18Great Balls of Firecover and liveHerman Brood1:48
1993-05-20Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993-05-20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis3:04
1993-05-20Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993-05-20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen4:40
1993-05-20Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993-05-20: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis?:??
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)liveBruce Springsteen, The E Street Band & Jerry Lee Lewis2:15
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)liveJerry Lee Lewis feat. Bruce Springsteen2:15
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)cover and liveJerry Lee Lewis with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band2:16
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen2:25
1995-09-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1995-09-02: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with Jerry Lee Lewis?:??
1998-06-02Great Balls of Fire (live, 1998-06-02: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland)cover and liveElton John & Billy Joel?:??
2001-12-08Great Balls of Fire (live, 2001-12-08: Edinburgh, Scotland)cover and liveShowaddywaddy0:59
2003-03-14Great Balls of Fire (live, 2003-03-14: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, USA)cover and liveElton John & Billy Joel?:??
2006-09-29Great Balls of Fire (live, 2006-09-29, New York City, New York)liveJerry Lee Lewis2:02
2009-08-01Great Balls of Fire (live, 2009-08-01: Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2014-05-06Great Balls of Fire (live, 2014-05-06: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band2:41
2014-05-06Great Balls of Fire (live, 2014-05-06: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
2014Great Balls of Fire / Lucille (live, 2014: USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of FirecoverVicious Pink2:47
8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of FirecoverVicious Pink4:57
815 to Nowhere (Xtrabeat mix) (part of “Welcome to the Robots, Vol 1” DJ-mix)coverVicious Pink3:31
Anniversary Waltz, Part Onecover and medleyStatus Quo4:59
Don't Be Cruel to the Great Balls of Anneliesecover and medleyUnicante6:43
Fire Medley: Baby I’m Burning / Great Balls of Fire / This Girl Is on Fire (Live at Glastonbury Festival 2014)cover, live and medleyDolly Parton3:27
Grandes bolas de fuegocoverLos Sonámbulos?:??
Great Balls of FirecoverBilly J. Kramer1:47
Great Balls of FirecoverRolf Harris2:23
Great Balls of Fire (live)cover and liveElton John & Billy Joel2:08
Great Balls of FirecoverConway Twitty1:57
Great Balls of Fire (part of “Grandmaster Party” dj-mix)Jerry Lee Lewis1:01
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:50
Great Balls of FirecoverBilly Swan?:??
Great Balls of FirecoverMae West1:47
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:51
Great Balls of FirecoverDorothée1:59
Great Balls of Firecover and liveBruce Springsteen feat. Jerry Lee Lewis4:03
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:53
Great Balls of FirecoverBilly J. Kramer & The Dakotas1:47
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis2:22
Great Balls of FireliveJerry Lee Lewis?:??
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:52
Great Balls of FirecoverJerry Lee Lewis1:49
Great Balls of FirecoverMisfits1:50
Great Balls of FirecoverNew Grass Revival2:09
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis?:??
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:51
Great Balls of FirecoverVicious Pink2:07
Great Balls of FirecoverVicious Pink2:07
Great Balls of FirecoverChris Isaak1:57
Great Balls of FirecoverTiny Tim1:58
Great Balls of FirecoverTeitur4:01
Great Balls of Fire (live, 1993-12-09: Quicksilver Club, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveTiny Tim with The New Duncan Imperials1:51
Great Balls of FirecoverCraig McLachlan & Rebecca Gibney1:44
Great Balls of FirecoverThe Rock Band Revival1:35
Great Balls of FirecoverFallopian1:46
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:54
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:53
Great Balls of Fire (part of “As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 3” DJ-mix)coverVicious Pink0:38
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis?:??
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis?:??
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:51
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:53
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis2:33
Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:52
Great Balls of FirecoverVicious Pink?:??
Great Balls of FirecoverKlingonz2:13
Great Balls of FirecoverDolly Parton3:39
Great Balls of FirecoverDolly Parton3:51
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