Burn (Deep Purple song)

The song remained the band's concert opener for the next two years, taking over from "Highway Star".[1] It opened Deep Purple's set on the California Jam two months after its release, on 6 April 1974.

After Deep Purple's 1976 split-up, Coverdale formed his own band, Whitesnake[2] which over the years has featured Deep Purple members such as Jon Lord and Ian Paice, and has performed Coverdale-era Deep Purple songs such as "Burn", "Mistreated", "Might Just Take Your Life" and "Stormbringer". After the Deep Purple 1984 reunion, the song was no longer played, as Ian Gillan, whom David Coverdale had replaced, was vocalist once more, and would not sing songs from the Coverdale era. The band did perform "Burn" live in 1991, during the time in which Gillan was briefly replaced by Joe Lynn Turner. When Gillan once more returned to the band in 1992, he again refused to perform Coverdale-era songs.

Glenn Hughes also features the song regularly in his live solo performances, as well as with his project, the supergroup Black Country Communion. In a Billboard magazine interview Eddie Van Halen named “Burn” one of his favourite ever guitar riffs.[3]

• Remix version of "Burn" (2004) was used in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

• Riot covered the song on their 1994 album Nightbreaker.[4]
• A cover by W.A.S.P. was originally planned to be released on their album Dominator but it was dropped without any reason being given. Instead, it turned up on their next album Babylon.
• Yngwie Malmsteen has covered this song many times in his live performances, some of which are on his live video releases.
• Mr. Big released a cover of the song as the B-side to their "Superfantastic" single. An instrumental version of the song also often featured in their live set.
• Cactus Jack covered the song on their 2003 album Deep Purple Tribute.
• An instrumental cover version of this song can be found on the 2005 album Hands Without Shadows by Michael Angelo Batio.
• Soilwork performed a cover on their reissue of Steelbath Suicide.
• Jørn Lande on his albums Starfire (2000) and Unlocking the Past (2006).
• Whitesnake recorded a cover version on their 2015 album The Purple Album.

• David Coverdale – vocals
• Glenn Hughes – bass, vocals
• Jon Lord – Hammond organ, ARP Odyssey
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Ian Paice – drums

• Blues rock

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics