Released: June 5, 1970

Songwriter: Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice

Producer: Deep Purple

[Verse 1]
Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight

[Chorus]
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

[Verse 2]
I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see

[Chorus]
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

[Verse 3]
Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark light

[Chorus]
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

Deep Purple

Deep Purple is one of the defining Hard Rock bands of the 70’s, and is co-credited with such bands as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin of creating the genre of Heavy Metal. They are best known for their song “Smoke on the Water”, as well as utilizing heavily distorted organ playing to mold their own unique heavy sound.