I don't want to set the world on fire?
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
Den skrevs 1938, men spelades in för första gången tre år senare av Harlan Leonard and His Rockets.  Den har sedan återgivits av flera musiker och grupper, mest framgångsrikt av Horace Heidt på Columbia Records, vars version hamnade på första plats på den amerikanska poplistan, och av The Ink Spots på Decca, vars version hamnade på fjärde plats på samma lista.  Andra tidiga versioner var Tommy Tucker, Mitchell Ayres och (i Storbritannien) Vera Lynn.   Låten, vars text börjar med "I don't want to set the world on fire/ I just want to start a flame in your heart...", blev särskilt populär efter attacken på Pearl Harbor i december 1941.
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
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.
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire