Smoke on the Water

"Smoke on the Water"
"Smoke on the Water"
	1973 German single sleeve
Single by Deep Purple
from the album Machine Head
B-side	"Smoke on the Water" (live)
Released	May 1973
Recorded	December 1971
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal;
Length	5:41 (album version); 3:54 (single version); 6:15 (Roger Glover remix);
Label	Purple (EU); Warner. Bros (US);
Songwriter(s)	Ritchie Blackmore; Ian Gillan; Roger Glover; Jon Lord; Ian Paice;
Producer(s)	Deep Purple
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Audio sample
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Audio
	"Smoke on the Water" Video on YouTube

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head. The song's lyrics are based on true events, chronicling the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. It is considered the band's signature song and its guitar riff is considered to be one of the most iconic in rock history.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed "Smoke on the Water" number 434 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[5] Total Guitar magazine ranked the song's riff number 4 on its "Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever" list,^[6] and in March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 12 in its list of the 100 greatest guitar tracks.^[7]

In 2017, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[8]

^ "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.
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^ 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."
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[1] "Deep Purple singles".

[2] 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.
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[3] 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"

[4] 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."

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