Complete List Of Deep Purple Songs From A to Z

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Deep Purple first formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, in 1968, when musicians Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, and Nick Simper came together, initially under the name “Roundabout,” before finally choosing the iconic name Deep Purple. The band’s origins were steeped in a love for blues and progressive rock, which quickly evolved into a signature brand of hard rock and heavy metal, pioneering elements that would inspire countless musicians across generations.

The band’s journey in the recording industry began with their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple (1968), followed closely by The Book of Taliesyn and Deep Purple, which showcased their initial psychedelic influences and burgeoning experimental style. However, it was their fourth album, Deep Purple in Rock (1970), that solidified their direction and marked a shift toward heavier rock music. Deep Purple have released 23 studio albums, along with numerous live recordings, compilations, and box sets, demonstrating their impressive longevity in a notoriously fickle industry.

Deep Purple’s international breakthrough came with their 1972 album, Machine Head, recorded under extraordinary circumstances in Montreux, Switzerland, after a fire destroyed their planned recording venue. This event inspired their most famous song, “Smoke on the Water,” instantly recognizable by its iconic guitar riff. “Smoke on the Water” reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their signature track. Other major hits include “Black Night,” “Strange Kind of Woman,” “Child in Time,” and “Highway Star,” each demonstrating the band’s mastery of powerful vocals, virtuosic musicianship, and memorable songwriting.

Deep Purple has undergone numerous lineup changes, known famously by fans as “Mark” lineups, each iteration reflecting shifts in musical direction and band chemistry. The Mark II lineup—consisting of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice—is widely regarded as the definitive formation, responsible for their most acclaimed works, including Machine Head, Fireball, and the legendary live album Made in Japan (1972). This lineup highlighted the band’s unparalleled musicianship, particularly Jon Lord’s distinctive Hammond organ sound and Blackmore’s virtuoso guitar playing, both central to the group’s enduring legacy.

Deep Purple’s impact on rock music has not gone unnoticed by their peers or the broader industry. They’ve sold over 100 million records worldwide, and VH1 ranked them number 22 on their list of the Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In recognition of their groundbreaking career and significant influence on rock music, Deep Purple was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, affirming their lasting imprint on popular culture and music history.

Beyond their extraordinary musical career, Deep Purple’s members have also pursued meaningful projects outside music. Ian Gillan, notably, has been actively involved in charity work, including significant contributions to various humanitarian causes. Jon Lord, until his death in 2012, dedicated much of his later career to composing classical works, collaborating with orchestras and exploring musical avenues far beyond the hard rock genre, highlighting the band’s capacity for artistic evolution and cultural breadth.

Deep Purple remains revered in rock music not simply for their commercial success but for their ability to innovate continually. Their sophisticated blend of raw rock power, classical influences, and blues roots, combined with their groundbreaking performances, has cemented their status as legendary musical icons. Fans and fellow musicians alike deeply appreciate Deep Purple for their authenticity, enduring creativity, and unwavering dedication to the spirit of rock and roll.

Complete List Of Deep Purple Songs From A to Z

’69 – Abandon – 1998
‘A’ 200 – Burn – 1974
7 and 7 Is – Turning to Crime – 2021
A Bit on the Side – =1 – 2024
A Castle Full of Rascals – Purpendicular – 1996
A Gypsy’s Kiss – Perfect Strangers – 1984
A Simple Song – Now What?! – 2013
A Touch Away – Purpendicular – 1996
A Twist in the Tale – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Above and Beyond – Now What?! – 2013
Above and Beyond (instrumental version) – Infinite – 2017
All I Got Is You – Infinite – 2017
All the Time in the World – Now What?! – 2013
Almost Human – Abandon – 1998
And the Address – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
And the Address (instrumental) – Whoosh! – 2020
Anthem – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Any Fule Kno That – Abandon – 1998
Anya – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Anyone’s Daughter – Fireball – 1971
Après vous – Now What?! – 2013
April – Deep Purple – 1969
Aviator, The – Purpendicular – 1996
Back to Back – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Bad Attitude – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Bananas – Bananas – 2003
Battle of New Orleans, The – Turning to Crime – 2021
Battle Rages On, The – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Before Time Began – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Bird Has Flown – Deep Purple – 1969
Birds of Prey – Infinite – 2017
Black & White – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Bleeding Obvious – =1 – 2024
Blind – Deep Purple – 1969
Blood from a Stone – Now What?! – 2013
Bloodsucker – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Bludsucker – Abandon – 1998
Body Line – Now What?! – 2013
Breakfast in Bed – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Burn – Burn – 1974
Call of the Wild – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover – Purpendicular – 1996
Caught in the Act (medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
Chasing Shadows – Deep Purple – 1969
Child in Time – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Clearly Quite Absurd – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Comin’ Home – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Contact Lost – Bananas – 2003
Coronarias Redig (bonus track) – Burn – 1974
Cut Runs Deep, The – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Dancing in My Sleep (bonus track) – Whoosh! – 2020
Dazed and Confused (part of “Caught in the Act” medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
Dead or Alive – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Dealer – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Demon’s Eye – Fireball (UK version) – 1971
Dixie Chicken – Turning to Crime – 2021
Doing It Tonight – Bananas – 2003
Don’t Hold Your Breath (bonus track) – Purpendicular – 1996
Don’t Let Go – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Don’t Make Me Happy – Abandon – 1998
Drifter – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Drop the Weapon – Whoosh! – 2020
Emmaretta (bonus track) – Deep Purple – 1969
Evil Louie – Abandon – 1998
Exposition (part of medley) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Fault Line – Deep Purple – 1969
Fingers to the Bone – Abandon – 1998
Fire in the Basement – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Fireball – Fireball – 1971
Flight of the Rat – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Fools – Fireball – 1971
Fortuneteller – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Get Me Outta Here – Infinite – 2017
Gettin’ Tighter – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Gimme Some Lovin’ (part of “Caught in the Act” medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
Girls Like That – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Going Down (part of “Caught in the Act” medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
Green Onions (part of “Caught in the Act” medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
Gypsy, The – Stormbringer – 1974
Hard Lovin’ Man – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Hard Lovin’ Woman – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Hard Road (US title of “Wring That Neck”) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Haunted – Bananas – 2003
Hell to Pay – Now What?! – 2013
Help! – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
Hey Bop a Re Bop (bonus track) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Hey Cisco – Purpendicular – 1996
Hey Joe – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
High Ball Shooter – Stormbringer – 1974
Highway Star – Machine Head – 1972
Hip Boots – Infinite – 2017
Hold On – Stormbringer – 1974
Holy Man – Stormbringer – 1974
Hot ‘Lanta (part of “Caught in the Act” medley) – Turning to Crime – 2021
House of Pain – Bananas – 2003
Hungry Daze – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Hush – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
I Got Your Number – Bananas – 2003
I Need Love – Come Taste the Band – 1975
I’ll Catch You – =1 – 2024
I’m Saying Nothin’ – =1 – 2024
I’m So Glad (part of “Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad”) – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
If I Were You – =1 – 2024
Into the Fire – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
It’ll Be Me (bonus track) – Now What?! – 2013
It’s All Over (bonus track) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Jack Ruby – Abandon – 1998
Jenny Take a Ride! – Turning to Crime – 2021
Johnny’s Band – Infinite – 2017
Junkyard Blues – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Kentucky Woman – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
King of Dreams – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Knocking at Your Back Door – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Lady Double Dealer – Stormbringer – 1974
Lady Luck – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Lalena – Deep Purple – 1969
Lay Down, Stay Down – Burn – 1974
Lazy – Machine Head – 1972
Lazy Sod – =1 – 2024
Let the Good Times Roll – Turning to Crime – 2021
Lick It Up – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Listen, Learn, Read On – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Living Wreck – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Long Way Round, The – Whoosh! – 2020
Loosen My Strings – Purpendicular – 1996
Love Child – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Love Conquers All – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Love Don’t Mean a Thing – Stormbringer – 1974
Love Help Me – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
Lucifer – Turning to Crime – 2021
Mad Dog – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Man Alive – Whoosh! – 2020
Mandrake Root – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
Mary Long – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Maybe I’m a Leo – Machine Head – 1972
Mean Streak – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Might Just Take Your Life – Burn – 1974
Mistreated – Burn – 1974
Mitzi Dupree – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Money Talks – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
MTV (bonus track) – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Nasty Piece of Work – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Never a Word – Bananas – 2003
Never Before – Machine Head – 1972
No Money to Burn – =1 – 2024
No Need to Shout – Whoosh! – 2020
No No No – Fireball – 1971
No One Came – Fireball – 1971
Nobody’s Home – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Not Responsible – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Nothing at All – Whoosh! – 2020
Now You’re Talkin’ – =1 – 2024
Oh No No No (bonus track) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Oh Well – Turning to Crime – 2021
Old-Fangled Thing – =1 – 2024
On Top of the World – Infinite – 2017
One Man’s Meat – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
One More Rainy Day – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
One Night in Vegas – Infinite – 2017
Our Lady – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Out of Hand – Now What?! – 2013
Owed to ‘G’ (part of “This Time Around / Owed to ‘G’”) – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Painter, The – Deep Purple – 1969
Paradise Bar (bonus track) – Infinite – 2017
Perfect Strangers – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Picture of Innocence – Bananas – 2003
Pictures of Home – Machine Head – 1972
Pictures of You – =1 – 2024
Place in Line – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Playground (bonus track) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Portable Door – =1 – 2024
Power of the Moon, The – Whoosh! – 2020
Prelude: Happiness (part of “Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad”) – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
Purpendicular Waltz, The – Purpendicular – 1996
Ramshackle Man – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Rapture of the Deep – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Rat Bat Blue – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Razzle Dazzle – Bananas – 2003
Remission Possible – Whoosh! – 2020
River Deep, Mountain High – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Roadhouse Blues – Infinite – 2017
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Turning to Crime – 2021
Rosa’s Cantina – Purpendicular – 1996
Sail Away – Burn – 1974
Seventh Heaven – Abandon – 1998
Shadows (bonus track) – Shades of Deep Purple – 1968
Shapes of Things – Turning to Crime – 2021
Sharp Shooter – =1 – 2024
She Was – Abandon – 1998
Shield – The Book of Taliesyn –
Shield – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
Show Me – =1 – 2024
Silver Tongue – Bananas – 2003
Simple Folk (Steve Morse solo) – Infinite – 2017
Slow Down Sister (bonus track) – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Smoke on the Water – Machine Head – 1972
Smooth Dancer – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Soldier of Fortune – Stormbringer – 1974
Solitaire – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Somebody Stole My Guitar – Purpendicular – 1996
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming – Purpendicular – 1996
Son of Alerik (bonus track) – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Soon Forgotten – Purpendicular – 1996
Space Truckin’ – Machine Head – 1972
Spanish Archer, The – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Speed King – Deep Purple in Rock – 1970
Step by Step – Whoosh! – 2020
Stormbringer – Stormbringer – 1974
Strange Kind of Woman – Fireball (US/Canadian/Japanese version) – 1971
Strangeways – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Sun Goes Down – Bananas – 2003
Super Trouper – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Surprising, The – Infinite – 2017
Talk About Love – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
The Bird Has Flown (alternate version) – Deep Purple – 1969
The Mule – Fireball – 1971
The Unwritten Law – The House of Blue Light – 1987
Things I Never Said (bonus track) – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
This Time Around (part of “This Time Around / Owed to ‘G’”) – Come Taste the Band – 1975
Throw My Bones – Whoosh! – 2020
Time for Bedlam – Infinite – 2017
Time to Kill – The Battle Rages On… – 1993
Too Much Is Not Enough – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Truth Hurts – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Uncommon Man – Now What?! – 2013
Uncommon Man (instrumental version) – Infinite – 2017
Under the Gun – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic – Purpendicular – 1996
Vincent Price – Now What?! – 2013
Walk On – Bananas – 2003
Wasted Sunsets – Perfect Strangers – 1984
Watching the River Flow – Turning to Crime – 2021
Watching the Sky – Abandon – 1998
We Can Work It Out (part of medley) – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
We’re All the Same in the Dark – Whoosh! – 2020
Weirdistan – Now What?! – 2013
What the What – Whoosh! – 2020
What’s Goin’ On Here – Burn – 1974
Whatsername – Abandon – 1998
White Room – Turning to Crime – 2021
Why Didn’t Rosemary? – Deep Purple – 1969
Wicked Ways – Slaves and Masters – 1990
Woman from Tokyo – Who Do We Think We Are – 1973
Wrong Man – Rapture of the Deep – 2005
Wring That Neck – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968
You Can’t Do It Right (With the One You Love) – Stormbringer – 1974
You Fool No One – Burn – 1974
You Keep On Moving – Come Taste the Band – 1975