For other uses, see Great Balls of Fire (disambiguation).
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1957 single by Jerry Lee Lewis
"Great Balls of Fire"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
B-side
"You Win Again"
Released
1957
Recorded
October 8, 1957
Studio
Sun Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Rock and roll
Length
1:52
Label
Sun 281
Songwriter(s)
Otis Blackwell
Jack Hammer[1]
Producer(s)
Sam Phillips
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (1957)
"Great Balls of Fire" (1957)
"You Win Again" (1957)
"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records[2] and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone. It is written in AABA form.[3] It sold one million copies in its first 10 days of release in the United States making it one of the best-selling singles in the United States at that time.
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