- Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple song)
Infobox Single
Name = Perfect Strangers
Artist =Deep Purple
from Album = Perfect Strangers
B-side = "Son of Alerik "
Released = 1985
Format = 7"
Recorded = August, 1984
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 5:23
Label =Polydor (UK)Mercury Records (US)
Writer =Ian Gillan Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover
Producer =Roger Glover Deep Purple
Certification =
Chart position = * #48 (UK)
Last single = "Knocking at Your Back Door "
(1985)
This single = "Perfect Strangers"
(1985)
Next single = "Knocking at Your Back Door "/"Perfect Strangers"
(1985)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Perfect Strangers
Type = studio
prev_track = "Mean Streak"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Perfect Strangers"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Gypsy's Kiss "
next_no = 6"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British
hard rock bandDeep Purple . It is the title track of their 1984 album Perfect Strangers.
The words tell of the sorrow of remaining "perfect strangers" after a relationship with another person.Covers
*The song was notably covered by the
USA progressive metal bandDream Theater in their 1995 albumA Change of Seasons .
*The song was used byShane Douglas as his theme song inECW . In WCW and TNA he used an instrumental version of the song due to copyright issues.
*This song was also used byChris Benoit andDean Malenko after they joined Shane Douglas' stable, the Triple Threat.
*The song was covered by Japanese band nil in their album "The Covering Inferno".
*The Song was covered byJorn on theirUnlocking The Past 2007 album.Trivia
*Former
ECW World Heavyweight Champion,Shane Douglas , used this as his entrance music for most of his run inECW .
*Sometimes in concerts during the 80s, the song was introduced as "Perfect Street Rangers" by vocalistIan Gillan .
*It is one of the few Deep Purple songs to not feature aguitar solo .
*On the original studio version, the song ends with a fade out. However, in concerts, the band would end it with the added-in line "I don't want to taste your poison....", a throwback to a line vocalist Ian Gillan sang in the musicalJesus Christ Superstar .Credits
*
Ian Gillan -vocals
*Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
*Roger Glover - bass
*Jon Lord - organ
*Ian Paice - drums
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