title: Flamethrower (song)
text: # Flamethrower (song)
  
  "Flamethrower" is a song by the J. Geils Band released in 1982 as the B-side to the single "Freeze Frame", from their multi million selling album of the same name.
  
  ## Reception
  
  "Flamethrower" received major airplay on urban contemporary radio, reaching number 25 on the Billboard Black/Soul singles chart. The song also received airplay on rock and Top 40 stations. AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the song's hard-boogie riff. Record World described the song as "black radio."
  
  ## Chart positions
  
  | Chart (1982) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 12 |
  | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | 25 |
  