Celebrating #FunkMusicHistory! "Firecracker" is a 1979 song by American funk/disco band Mass Production. The song is taken from their forth studio album "In the Purest Form" on Cotillion Records. "Firecracker" peaked at number four on the R&B chart in the late summer of 1979,. other hits by the band include "Cosmic Lust", "Groove Me", and "Shante." The group stayed together for several more years, scoring a string of small hits, before deciding to disband in 1983. #SongFacts "Firecracker" was sa