Deep purple smoke on the water may 1973
BR1 Wright was a secretary and aspiring singer at Motown Records who married Wonder in 1970. There was also speculation that the song was held off for awhile since Wonder had entered into a relationship with Barley although still married to Syreeta Wright, SL-85 who’d been the inspiration for the song. WK The song was actually recorded during the making of Music of My Mind, Wonder’s previous album, but held back because it was “deemed unsuitiable for the mood of that album.” SL-84 All three were backup singers for Wonder. The song also showcased “a rare generosity in someone of Stevie’s star status” SL-84 in that the song’s first few vocal lines are given to Jim Gilstrap and Gloria Barley (although some accounts say it is Lani Groves). It is “a disarmingly simple love song,” JB “but of course, it’s only the composition that’s simple.” JB Its “candy-coated pop” TL could make it feel “nauseating or naively charming, or even nausteatingly charming.” SL-85 It is probably why it is also “one of the most covered (and ‘lounged’) songs ever.” SL-84 In accepting the award, Wonder said, “I would like to thank all of you for making this night the sunshine of my life.” BR1 This song followed “Superstition,” the lead single from 1972’s Talking Book, to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 – ten years after Wonder’s first run to the top with 1963’s “Fingertips (Part 2).” It received nominations for Grammys for Record and Song of the Year and won for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Sales (in millions): - US, - UK, - world (includes US + UK) Peak: 1 US, 1 CB, 1 HR, 1 AC, 3 RB, 8 CL, 7 UK, 5 CN Writer(s): Stevie Wonder ( see lyrics here)
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UCRĭeep Purple relocated to the practically deserted Montreux Grand Hotel to complete work on Machine Head. And the smoke was just like a stage show and it was hanging on the water.” UCR His subsequent lyrics offered up a scene-by-scene account of the debacle. Glover said “It was probably the biggest fire I’d ever seen…in my life.” WK Lead singer Ian Gillan described it as “an inferno…The wind was coming down off the mountains and blowing the flames and the smoke over the lake.
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The place caught fire and destroyed the venue.īassist Roger Glover came up with the title “Smoke on the Water” to describe how the smoke from the fire was rising over Lake Geneva while the band watched. While the band were busy recording their Machine Head album at the Montreux Casino complex, a concert-goer shot off a flare gun during a show by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The song came about in 1971 during Deep Purple’s visit to Montreux, Switzerland – home of the famed Montreux Jazz Festival. WK Keyboardist Jon Lord said the song’s working title was “‘Durh Durh Durh’ – a transliteration of the riff.” RS500
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Ritchie Blackmore’s opening guitar riff has become legendary it has been “painstakingly imitated by budding guitar players of many future generations, and also patiently taught to the younger set by Jack Black in the movie School of Rock.” UCR Total Guitar magazine ranked it the fourth greatest guitar riff ever. Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, - UK, 1.0 world (includes US + UK)Īwards: (Click on award for more details). Writer(s): Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice ( see lyrics here)