<P> "Girl on Fire" is the lead single and title track from Alicia Keys' fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012). Alongside the main single, Keys recorded two other versions: the Inferno Remix which features new verses from American hip - hop artist Nicki Minaj and a Bluelight Remix which strips back the vocals and production from the main single . Gerrick Kennedy from the LA Times spoke of the multiple versions of the song commenting that the main single was most likely made for pop radio, but noted that Minaj's verses on the Inferno Remix would probably get noticed more . On being able to premiere her new song at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Keys said, </P> <P> Debuting a new song at the VMAs is definitely special . I debuted' No One' at the VMAs--it was the first time anyone in the world heard' No One,' Keys said . "It's the perfect setting . It's the right energy . It's the right vibe . People are so excited about the night of music and hearing different styles that it just goes over really well . I can't wait! </P> <P> "Girl on Fire" is a midtempo R&B and hip hop song written by Keys, Jeff Bhasker, Salaam Remi and American rock guitarist Billy Squier . Squier earns a writing credit for the inclusion of an interpolation of the drums from his 1980 song "The Big Beat". Composed on the key of A major, "Girl on Fire" uses common time and is set to a "heavy beat" at a tempo of 93 beats per minute . Keys' vocals range in the song over an octave from a low note of C ♯ up to a high note of E. On the main single, Keys opens the songs with the lyrics "She got both feet on the ground and she's burning it down . She got her head in the clouds and she's not backing down . This girl is on fire!" Keys' lyrics centre around toasting the "achievements of women everywhere", particularly with the hook "She's just a girl and she's on fire", which according to MTV's Rob Markman is delivered with a "calming - yet - commanding wail". Markman also spoke of the pace of the song, describing it as "pulsating". LA Time's Gerrick Kennedy expanded further describing the songs components as "a fierce battlecry over a fast - building simplistic hook". Critics likened "Girl on Fire" to Keys' previous singles "No One" (2007) and "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" (2009). Throwing "If I Ain't Got You" (2004) into the list of comparisons, Erin Thompson from Seattle Weekly said "Girl on Fire" compares to previous Keys' ballads with its "quiet, unassuming verses leading into big, empathic choruses ." </P> <P> The Inferno version features Trinidadian hip hop artist Nicki Minaj, who wrote and rapped two new verses on the song . Minaj's vocals were recorded at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California . The inferno remix uses the same production and sample as the main single however, the first two verses of the song were described as "understated" by Carl Williot from Idolator, with Minaj leading the remix with a new rap verse . She raps "Took me on the balcony, telling me to jump with her / Yeah I'm in the ghost but I ain't doing stunts with her / I ain't trying to be that, haters want to see that / But I got' em aggy, cause I win the gold like Gabby". Minaj also talks about being haunted by the ghost of Marilyn Monroe . In the second verse from Minaj, the subject matter switches to her fans the "Barbz" with the lyric "And to my core fans, keep reppin' me / Do it till the death of me /' X' in the box, cause ain't nobody checkin' me ." Markman noted that in this verse, Minaj switched her delivery style to "more of a whisper". Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson described Minaj's verses as "more prominent" than Keys' and noted that the production was influenced by garage music . </P>

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