It was recorded for her tenth studio album Reset and was released as its lead single on 27 September 2013.

she added, "It's the great thing about being in a relationship where you know there's genuine love with a man who inspires me and challenges me, both intellectually and spiritually.

[3] On October 21, 2013, Arena performed "You Set Fire to My Life" on The X Factor live results show.

[4][5] Brendan Veevers of Renowned for Sound gave the track 5/5 and stated, "'You Set Fire to My Life' is a mid-tempo ballad on a mission to pull at your heartstrings.

The track is made up of a gentle and instrumentally minimalistic verse and an up beat but sentimentally exquisite chorus that does a fantastic job at getting engrained into your head almost instantaneously.