Hallelujah (Deep Purple song)

"Hallelujah" is a song by British hard rock group Deep Purple, released in 1969. It is the first single to feature singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover and released in-between their 1969 eponymous album and the live Concerto for Group and Orchestra.

"Hallelujah"
Single by Deep Purple
B-side"April Part I"
Released1969 (1969)
Recorded7 & 12 June 1969
Length3:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Deep Purple
Deep Purple singles chronology
"Emmaretta"
(1969)
"Hallelujah"
(1969)
"Black Night"
(1970)

The track was recorded on 7 and 12 June 1969. At the time, Glover had not yet joined the band and played on the track as a session musician.[1][2]

Originally written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook, the cover version flopped, despite TV appearances to promote the record in the UK.[3] Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore told the Record Mirror that the new band "need to have a commercial record in Britain", and described the song as "an in-between sort of thing"—a median between what the band would normally make but with an added commercial motive.[3] Gillan was unhappy about the single because he did not write the lyrics.[2]

References

  1. Robinson, Simon (1995). Deep Purple in Rock (CD Booklet). Deep Purple. London: EMI. p. 5. 7243 8 3401925.
  2. Gillan & Cohen 1993, p. 62.
  3. Bloom, Jerry (2008). Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore. Omnibus Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1846097577.

Sources

  • Gillan, Ian; Cohen, David (1993). Child in Time  The Life Story of the Singer from Deep Purple. Smith Gryphon Limited. ISBN 1-85685-048-X.
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