"World on Fire" is a song by American hard rock guitarist Slash, featuring vocalist Myles Kennedy and backing band The Conspirators.

[2] The title track was one of the first songs to be developed during the album's pre-production phase in October 2013 at Mates Rehearsal Studio in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, along with "Withered Delilah" and "Stone Blind".

[7] Bassist Todd Kerns describes the song as a "barn-burner", praising both the main guitar riff and Kennedy's vocal performance on the track.

"[6] In a track-by-track interview about the album for Total Guitar magazine, Kennedy noted that the melody for the vocal line "came relatively quickly", but that the theme and content of the lyrics themselves took longer to finalise.

[9] Slash has claimed that the track was set to be the first single released from World on Fire from early on in the album's production process due to its tempo and general style, and that once Kennedy started singing the melodies this was confirmed.