<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 Ai n'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> `` 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 Ai n'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>
what is the meaning of girl on fire
what is the meaning of girl on fire
the `` achievements of women everywhere ''
the `` achievements of women everywhere ''