Who The Fireman is
The Fireman is an English experimental music duo of Paul McCartney and Youth formed in 1993. Their music catalogue ranges from rock to electronica, evolving over more than two decades and three albums. Although officially anonymous until 2008 with the release of the album Electric Arguments, the group members' names had been known to the public since soon after the release of their first album. In 1993, the Fireman released its first album, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, and followed that with Rushes in 1998. In 2000, Youth also took part in McCartney's similarly styled Liverpool Sound Collage. Their most recent album is Electric Arguments (2008). In June 2008, McCartney's official website announced that a track called "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)", from the album Electric Arguments, would be issued as a limited-edition download to fans who donated to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield. The album was released on the label One Little Independent on 24 November 2008. The new album features more traditional songs, in which there are vocals (the first time on any of their albums). The majority of the album's vocals come from McCartney. In February 2009, SiriusXM launched Fireman Radio,…
Biography from the The Fireman article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for The Fireman, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
3 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
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Scene ranks
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Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in techno, and the biggest names from United Kingdom.
The Fireman in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does The Fireman have?
The Fireman has 17,100 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is The Fireman's world ranking?
The Fireman is ranked #1066 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is The Fireman from?
The Fireman is from United Kingdom, where they rank #217 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does The Fireman make?
The Fireman is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.