Black Night

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For other uses, see Black Night (disambiguation).
For the other song, see Black Night (Charles Brown song).

"Black Night"
Speed King" (UK)
  • "Into the Fire" (US)
    • Released5 June 1970 (1970-06-05)
    RecordedMay 1970
    StudioDe Lane Lea Studios
    Genre
    Length3:28
    Label
    Songwriter(s)
    Producer(s)Deep Purple
    Deep Purple singles chronology
    "Hallelujah"
    (1969)     		"Black Night"
    (1970)     		"Strange Kind of Woman"
    (1971)

    "Black Night" is a song by English

    New Musical Express, Melody Maker and Top Pops charts, and 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 and also reached number 6 in South Africa.[4]

    Writing process and recording

    Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover states that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song "Summertime" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night,"[5] it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet."[6] In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano.[7]

    Charts

    Weekly chart performance for "Black Night"
    Chart (1970–71) Peak
    position
    Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 14
    Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 4
    Belgium (
    Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9]
    		 6
    Belgium (
    Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9]
    		 1
    Canada (RPM)[10] 67
    Finland (
    Suomen virallinen lista
    )     		34
    Ireland (IRMA) 4
    Italy (Musica e dischi)[11] 16
    Netherlands (
    Singles Top 100)[9]
    		 8
    Norway (VG-lista)[9] 2
    South Africa (Springbok)[4] 6
    Switzerland (
    Schweizer Hitparade)[9]
    		 1
    UK Singles (OCC
    )     		2
    US Billboard Hot 100[12] 66
    West Germany (
    Official German Charts)[9]
    		 2

    Live performances

    "Black Night" made its way into the setlist soon after release, generally as the first encore. It was not played in full after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band in 1973, but snippets were often played by Ritchie Blackmore as part of his improvisations. On the reformation of Deep Purple in 1984, it returned as part of the main set list. There are many versions available on Deep Purple live albums.[citation needed]

    Personnel

    Deep Purple

    References

    1. ISBN 978-2-35779-476-4
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    2. ^ Dickson, Jamie (2015). "Deep Purple - "Black Night". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 264.
    3. ISBN 978-1-61312-142-9
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    4. ^ a b "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)". rock.co.za.
    5. ^ "The Making of Black Night". Rumba Magazine. 1993. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
    6. ^ Smith, Sid (18 April 2007). "Deep Purple in Rock Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
    7. ^ BBC-Heavy Metal Brittania: at the 42:30 timeframe of the programme
    8. ^ Australian chart peaks:
    9. ^ a b c d e f g "Deep Purple – Black Night". hitparade.ch.
    10. ^ Canadian singles:
    11. ^ "Top Annuali Singoli 1971". Hit Parade Italia.
    12. ^ "Chart History: Deep Purple". Billboard.

    Sources

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