{"id":854,"date":"2026-03-09T15:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=854"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:58:44","slug":"mm-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/03\/09\/mm-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Martin Murphey - Wildfire (Lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5wAgiLbEU9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Wildfire&#8221; is a song written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Martin_Murphey\">Michael Murphey<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Cansler\">Larry Cansler<\/a>. It was originally recorded by Murphey, who had yet to add his middle name to his recorded work, and appears on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_recording_sales_certification\">gold<\/a>-plus 1975 album\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Sky_%E2%80%93_Night_Thunder\">Blue Sky \u2013 Night Thunder<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Released in February 1975 as the album&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lead_single\">lead single<\/a>, &#8220;Wildfire&#8221; became Murphey&#8217;s highest-charting pop hit in the United States. The somber story song hit No. 2 in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cash_Box\">Cash Box<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and No. 3 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0in June 1975. Additionally, it hit the top of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_(magazine)\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks\">Adult Contemporary chart<\/a>, displacing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love_Will_Keep_Us_Together\">Love Will Keep Us Together<\/a>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The single continued to sell, eventually receiving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_recording_sales_certification\">platinum<\/a>\u00a0certification from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RIAA\">RIAA<\/a>, signifying sales of over two million US copies. 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