Fire (Sarah Engels song)

"Fire"
Single by Sarah Engels
Released30 January 2026
Length2:57
Label
Songwriters
  • Valentin Boes
  • Sarah Engels
  • Luisa Heinemann
  • Raphael Lott
  • Dario Schürmann
Producers
  • Valentin Boes
  • Raphael Lott
  • Malte Niehaus
  • OSSIA Berlin
  • Dario Schürmann
Sarah Engels singles chronology
"Liebe gibt nie auf"
(2026)		 "Fire"
(2026)
Music video
"Fire" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry
Country
Artist
Language
English
Finals performance
Final result
23rd
Final points
12
Entry chronology
◄ "Baller" (2025)
Official performance video
"Fire" (first semi-final) on YouTube
"Fire" (grand final) on YouTube

"Fire" (German: Feuer) is a song recorded by German singer Sarah Engels. It was written by Engels along with Valentin Boes, Luisa Heinemann, Raphael Lott, and Dario Schürmann, with production overseen by Boes, Lott, Malte Niehaus, OSSIA Berlin, and Schürmann. It was released by Wird Wild and Electrola on 30 January 2026 and represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The song reached the top thirty on the German Singles Chart.

Background

In an Instagram story posted on 13 January 2026, Sarah Engels announced that she would be revealing major news in the coming days.[1] She hinted that it could represent the "biggest opportunity" of her career. Media outlets speculated that she was alluding to participation in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.[2] The following day, it was announced that her new single "Fire" would be released in two weeks. On 15 January it was confirmed that the song would serve as Engels' entry in the selection process.[2]

Music video

A music video for "Fire", directed and edited by Daniel Priess, was filmed at the MMC Film & TV Studios in Cologne and released on 30 January 2026.[3] Production was overseen by Alexander Pahl for aPahl Production, with choreography by India Rischko.[3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2026

National final

On 28 February 2026, Engels competed with "Fire" in Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2026, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which she won with 38.30% of the televote.[4]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. As Germany is a member of the Big Five, "Fire" automatically qualified for the grand final. Nevertheless, the song was performed in the first semi-final albeit in a non-competitive spot, between Israel's Noam Bettan and Belgium's Essyla.[5]

Engels performed a repeat of her performance in the grand final on 16 May. The song was performed second, after Denmark's Søren Torpegaard Lund and before Israel's Noam Bettan.[6] In the final, "Fire" finished in 23rd place with 12 points, all of which came from the jury vote.[7]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits taken from the liner notes of "Fire."[11]

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Fire"
Region Date Format Label Ref
Various 30 January 2026 digital download
[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Das deutsche Finale 2026: DSDS-Zweite Sarah Engels löst Spekulationen um Teilnahme am deutschen Vorentscheid aus". esc-kompakt.de (in German). 16 January 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Sarah Engels will für Deutschland beim ESC antreten". dpa (in German). 14 January 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026 – via Die Zeit.
  3. 1 2 "Sarah Engels - Fire (Official Video)". 30 January 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Deutschland schickt Sarah Engels zum ESC". Tagesschau (in German). 1 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Vienna 2026: Semi-Final Running Orders revealed". Eurovision Song Contest. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Running Order of the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final". Eurovision Song Contest. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "DARA wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 for Bulgaria". Eurovision Song Contest. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fire – Single". Spotify (in German). 30 January 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Fire (VIZE Remix) – Single". Spotify (in German). 24 April 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Fire (Acoustiv Version) – Single". Spotify (in German). 8 May 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Fire (Eurovision Song Contest)". Apple Music (in German). 30 January 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Sarah Engels – Fire" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 21/2026" [Radio Charts Germany – Chart Week 21/2026] (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 29 May 2026. Archived from the original on 31 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Official IFPI Charts − Digital Singles Chart (International) − Εβδομάδα: 20/2026" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 27 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Weekly Chart". TopHit. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 21, 2026". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart on 22/5/2026 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Monthly Chart: June 2026". TopHit. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Fire, Sarah Engels". Spotify. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
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