"City's Burning" is a song by the American rock band Heart, which was released in 1982 as the opening track on their sixth studio album Private Audition.
Equipped with the same harsh phrasing, shrill vocals and heavy-metal guitar licks that powered the hits "Magic Man" and "Barracuda", "City's Burning" runs roughshod over everything else on the band's new LP.
He added: "It's an improvement over previous power jettings by the band, as it includes an interesting tempo and mood change midway through, followed by a wailing, but soulful, lead guitar solo.
"[9] In a review of one of the band's 1982 concerts, Larry Rhodes of the Daily Press described the song as a "heavy metal screamer about crime-ridden, chaotic city life".
[10] In a retrospective review of the album, Jim Smith of AllMusic stated: "Private Audition starts tough with "City's Burning," possibly the band's most underrated song, but it's dragged down by the trite songwriting that follows.