“Set Hearth to the Rain” is a tune by English singer-songwriter Adele from her 2nd studio album 21. Penned by Adele and Fraser T. Smith and generated by Smith, the power ballad was produced as the second solitary from the album in Europe. It was introduced as the third solitary in the United Kingdom on four July 2011, in which the song has peaked at quantity eleven. The song has peaked at quantity a person in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. The tune has charted within the top notch ten of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and United States. “Set Fireplace to the Rain” was introduced on 21 November 2011 as 21's 3rd official single in the United States, and has now peaked at four on the Billboard Hot one hundred.

“Set Fire to the Rain” was authored by Adele and Fraser T. Smith whereas the creation was handled by Smith. On 28 October, in the course of an interview with Billboard, Columbia Records revealed that “Rumour Has It” will be produced as the third solitary from the album and serviced to pop and grownup fashionable radio. Nevertheless, the launch of the tune was scrapped and “Set Hearth to the Rain” was introduced as the third US-solitary on 21 November 2011. A spokesperson for Columbia, Pete Cosenza said: “Our researching observed greater programmer desire for 'Set Fireplace to the Rain'. Each 'Rumour' and 'Fire' arrived back again good, but 'Fire' was a little bit stronger. It can be a healthier prepare to go with 'Fire' around 'Rumour' at pop and adult radio. All of us, from radio to the procuring community, feels to be on board.”

Set Fire to the Rain Ringtone is the fifth monitor on Adele's second album 21. It was written and published with producer Fraser T. Smith with whom she has worked on all sorts of tracks. It is published in the key element of D Small and Adele's voice expands from Bb3-D5. The song describes the contradictory things of a romance, and the impossibility of permitting go which is exhibited in the lyrics “You and me together, practically nothing will get superior/But there?s a aspect to you that I never realized, never knew/All the facts you'd say, they have been certainly not accurate, practically never real/And the game titles you engage in, you would typically win.” A person of the most pop-influenced of the album, the tune is characterised by John Murphy of MusicOMH as a “energy ballad”. In contrast to the understated creation of most songs on the album, the song options lush instrumentation and a swelling string arrangement over a mid-tempo rhythm, forming a wall of sound for the singer's mourning vocals. Dave Simpson of The Guardian concluded that the tune was inspired “when mah lightah stopped workin'” in the moist.