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"Black Night"
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Single by Deep Purple
B-side
"Speed King" (UK)
"Into The Fire" (US)
Released 5 June 1970
Format 7-inch single
Recorded
May 1970,
De Lane Lea Studios
Genre
Hard rock[1]heavy metal[2]
Length 3:28
Label Harvest
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie BlackmoreIan GillanRoger GloverJon LordIan Paice
Producer(s) Deep Purple
Deep Purple singles chronology
"Hallelujah"
(1969) "Black Night"
(1970) "Strange Kind of Woman"
(1971)
"Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, In Rock. The song became a hit following its release, peaking at No. 2 on UK charts, and to this day remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at No. 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the second non-album single penned by the band, the first being the flop Emmaretta, which was co-written by original singer Rod Evans. It also reached number 6 in South Africa.[3]
