<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" is a 1941 pop song written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler . </P> <P> It was written in 1938, but was first recorded three years later by Harlan Leonard and His Rockets . It was covered by several musicians and groups, most successfully by Horace Heidt on Columbia Records, whose version reached number one on the US pop chart; and by The Ink Spots on Decca, whose version reached number 4 on the same listing . Other early versions included those by Tommy Tucker, Mitchell Ayres, and (in Britain) Vera Lynn . The song, with its lyrics starting with "I don't want to set the world on fire / I just want to start a flame in your heart ..." became especially popular after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 . </P> <P> The song was later recorded by Betty Carter, Frankie Laine, Anthony Newley, Suzy Bogguss and others . </P>

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