RENEE OLSTEAD & DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS - THROUGH THE FIRE

THROUGH THE FIRE

RENEE OLSTEAD - DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS

SONGWRITER: DAVID FOSTER; CYNTHIA WEIL; TOM KEANE & THE KEANE BROTHERS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: I FEEL FOR YOU

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1984

"Through the Fire" is a song from Chaka Khan's 1984 album, I Feel for You. The David Foster-produced track was the third single from the album. It reached #60 in the US and #15 on the R&B charts. and was one of the few Khan hits to cross to the Adult Contemporary chart. The music video was filmed at Los Angeles Union Station.

Foster revealed in his 2011 PBS Concert "The Hit Man Returns" that this was the only melody that he ever wrote with someone in mind and that the working title of the piece was actually called "Chaka" because he was very confident that Khan would perform the song.

[** feat. Chaka Khan:]

I look in your eyes and I can see*

We've loved so dangerously

You're not trusting your heart to anyone

You tell me you're gonna play it smart

We're through before we start

But I believe that we've only just begun

When it's this good, there's no saying no

I want you so, I'm ready to go

[Chorus:]

Through the fire

To the limit, to the wall

For a chance to be with you

I'd gladly risk it all

Through the fire

Through whatever, come what may

For a chance at loving you

I'd take it all the way

Right down to the wire

Even through the fire

I know you're afraid of what you feel

You still need time to heal

And I can help if you'll only let me try

You touch me and something in me knew

What I could have with you

Well I'm not ready to kiss that dream goodbye

When it's this sweet, there's no saying no

I need you so, I'm ready to go

[Chorus]

Through the test of time

[Chorus]

Through the fire, to the limit

Through the fire, through whatever

Through the fire, to the limit

Through the fire, through whatever