During a recent quiz when I featured songs with fire and water in song titles, I was asked, out of interest, which word is more popular. So, narrowing down to top 20, here is the result.
| Artist | Title | Year | Position | Artist | Title | Year | Position | |
| Rocky V Feat Joey B. Ellis & Tynetta Hare | Go For It! (Heart And Fire) | 1991 | 20 | Simon And Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 1970 | 1 | |
| Pat Benatar | All Fired Up | 1988 | 19 | Major Lazer Feat Justin Bieber & Mo | Cold Water | 2016 | 1 | |
| Lloyd Banks Of G-Unit | On Fire | 2004 | 19 | Artists For Grenfell | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 2017 | 1 | |
| P!Nk | Just Like Fire | 2016 | 19 | Frankie Laine & The Mellomen | Cool Water | 1955 | 2 | |
| Javine | Touch My Fire | 2005 | 18 | Tyla | Water | 2023 | 4 | |
| Snow Patrol Feat Martha Wainwright | Set The Fire To The Third Bar | 2006 | 18 | Tommy Steele & The Steelmen | Water, Water | 1957 | 5 | |
| Duane Eddy | Ring Of Fire | 1961 | 17 | C.C.S. | Tap Turns On The Water | 1971 | 5 | |
| T-Connection | On Fire | 1978 | 16 | Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group | Bring A Little Water, Sylvie | 1956 | 7 | |
| Stevie Nicks | Rooms On Fire | 1989 | 16 | Eminem Feat Beyonce | Walk On Water | 2017 | 7 | |
| Beverley Knight | Keep This Fire Burning | 2005 | 16 | The Four Tops | Still Water (Love) | 1970 | 10 | |
| The Cult | Fire Woman | 1989 | 15 | Milk Inc | Walk On Water | 2002 | 10 | |
| Siouxsie & The Banshees | This Wheel’s On Fire | 1987 | 14 | |||||
| N-Dubz Feat Mr Hudson | Playing With Fire | 2009 | 14 | |||||
| Tone Loc | On Fire | 1989 | 13 | |||||
| Ed Sheeran | I See Fire | 2013 | 13 | |||||
| Vangelis | Chariots Of Fire – Titles | 1981 | 12 | |||||
| Sean Kingston | Fire Burning | 2009 | 12 | |||||
| The Prodigy | Fire | 1992 | 11 | |||||
| Scissor Sisters | Fire With Fire | 2010 | 11 | |||||
| Adele | Set Fire To The Rain | 2011 | 11 | |||||
| Big Country | Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) | 1983 | 10 | |||||
| Cosmic Gate | Fire Wire | 2001 | 9 | |||||
| Gesaffelstein Feat The Weeknd | Lost In The Fire | 2019 | 9 | |||||
| Billy Joel | We Didn’t Start The Fire | 1989 | 7 | |||||
| The Doors | Light My Fire | 1967 | 7 | |||||
| Clubhouse Feat Carl | Light My Fire | 1993 | 7 | |||||
| Frankie Vaughan | Man On Fire | 1957 | 6 | |||||
| Jose Feliciano | Light My Fire | 1968 | 6 | |||||
| U2 | The Unforgettable Fire | 1985 | 6 | |||||
| John Parr | St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) | 1985 | 6 | |||||
| Dave Feat Fredo, Meekz Manny, Ghetts & Giggs | In The Fire | 2021 | 6 | |||||
| Mimi Webb | House On Fire | 2022 | 6 | |||||
| Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity | This Wheel’s On Fire | 1968 | 5 | |||||
| Amii Stewart | Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven (Medley) | 1979 | 5 | |||||
| Bruce Springsteen | I’m On Fire | 1985 | 5 | |||||
| Alicia Keys | Girl On Fire | 2012 | 5 | |||||
| 5000 Volts | I’m On Fire | 1975 | 4 | |||||
| Snow Patrol | Signal Fire | 2007 | 4 | |||||
| The Move | Fire Brigade | 1968 | 3 | |||||
| Kasabian | Fire | 2009 | 3 | |||||
| Busta Rhymes | Turn It Up/Fire It Up | 1998 | 2 | |||||
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Great Balls Of Fire | 1957 | 1 | |||||
| Crazy World Of Arthur Brown | Fire! | 1968 | 1 | |||||
| Take That Feat Lulu | Relight My Fire | 1993 | 1 | |||||
| Will Young | Light My Fire | 2002 | 1 | |||||
| Kings Of Leon | Sex On Fire | 2008 | 1 |