Smoke on the Water
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| "Smoke on the Water" | ||||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||||
| from the album Machine Head | ||||
| B-side | "Smoke on the Water" (live) | |||
| Released | May 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1971 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Deep Purple | |||
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| "Smoke on the Water" Video on YouTube | ||||
"Smoke on the Water" is a 1973 song by British rock band Deep Purple and was taken from their sixth studio album Machine Head. It was based on the 1971 fire at the Montreux Casino, Switzerland. It went to number 4 in the United States, number 21 in the United Kingdom, number 2 in Canada, number 54 in Australia, number 11 in the Netherlands and Austria, number 20 in Germany and number 64 in France.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Deep Purple singles".
- ↑ Andrew Winistorfer. "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". Prefix. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
11 Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water" - ↑ Gary Graff (1996). Visible Ink Press (ed.). MusicHound rock: the essential album guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0787610371. "Purple's heyday came during the early 70s- when "Smoke on the Water" entered the pantheon of hard rock classics"
- ↑ Christe (2003), pg. 13, " Though Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was a bona fide metal anthem and the first basic riff of a longhairded guitarist's repertoire, the band did not consider itself heavy metal."
