Smoke on the Water Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Machine Head(1972) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Hard Rock |
Labels | Purple Records, Warner Bros. Records |
Ranked | #1 for 1972 , #14 all-time |
Album rating : 95.2 / 100
Votes : 98
Votes : 98
5. Smoke on the Water (5:40)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Machine Head - Lyrics
1. Highway Star Lyrics | 2. Maybe I'm a Leo Lyrics |
3. Pictures of Home Lyrics | 4. Never Before Lyrics |
▶ 5. Smoke on the Water Lyrics | 6. Lazy Lyrics |
7. Space Truckin' Lyrics | 8. When a Blind Man Cries Lyrics |
Machine Head - Album Credits
Members
- Ian Gillan : Vocals, Harmonica, Songwriting
- Ritchie Blackmore : Guitars, Songwriting
- Roger Glover : Bass, Songwriting
- Ian Paice : Drums, Percussion, Songwriting
- Jon Lord : Organ, Keyboards, Songwriting
Other staff
- Deep Purple : Producer
- Martin Birch : Engineer, Mixing Engineer
- Jeremy "Bear" Gee : Assistant Engineer
- John Coletta : Cover Art
- Roger Glover : Cover Design
- Shephard Sherbell : Photography
Best Deep Purple Songs
Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes | |
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1 | Highway Star | Machine Head (1972) | 99 | 36 | |
2 | ▶ Smoke on the Water | Machine Head (1972) | 98.8 | 31 | |
3 | Child In Time | In Rock (1970) | 99.1 | 21 | |
4 | Perfect Strangers | Perfect Strangers (1984) | 98.8 | 15 | |
5 | Highway Star (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 98.8 | 8 | |
6 | Strange Kind of Woman (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 98.8 | 8 | |
7 | Burn | Burn (1974) | 97.1 | 14 | |
8 | Soldier of Fortune | Stormbringer (1974) | 96.7 | 14 | |
9 | Child in Time (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 97.5 | 8 | |
10 | April | Deep Purple (1969) | 95.9 | 13 | |
11 | Mistreated | Burn (1974) | 95.4 | 15 | |
12 | Smoke on the Water (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 96.9 | 8 | |
13 | Knocking At Your Backdoor | Perfect Strangers (1984) | 95.5 | 13 | |
14 | Lazy (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 97.1 | 7 | |
15 | Black Night | In Rock (1970) | 95.5 | 12 |
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