"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, Deep Purple in Rock. It became a hit following its release, peaking at No. 2 on UK 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.[3]

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"Black Night"
Single by Deep Purple
B-side	"Speed King" (UK) "Into the Fire" (US)
Released	5 June 1970 (1970-06-05)
Recorded	May 1970, De Lane Lea Studios
Genre	Hard rock[1] heavy metal[2]
Length	3:28
Label	Harvest (UK) Warner Bros. (US)
Songwriter(s)	Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice
Producer(s)	Deep Purple
Deep Purple singles chronology
"Hallelujah" (1969) "Black Night" (1970) "Strange Kind of Woman" (1971)

Writing process and recording

Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable 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",[4] it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet".[5] 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.[6]

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

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums
• Jon Lord – organ

References

Sources

• Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-201-2.

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