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Smoke on the Water

original song written and composed by Deep Purple; first recorded by Deep Purple
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Summary

Smoke on the Water is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,944 views/month, #171 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Ritchie Blackmore[3], Ian Gillan[4], Roger Glover[5], Jon Lord[6], Ian Paice[7]
  • Genre: hard rock[8]
  • Performer: Deep Purple[9], Rapped & Sold[10], Pat Boone[11], Rock Aid Armenia[12]
  • Part of: Machine Head[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Publication date: 1973[15]
  • Lyricist: Ritchie Blackmore[16], Ian Gillan[17], Roger Glover[18], Jon Lord[19], Ian Paice[20]
  • Main subject: Montreux Casino[21]
  • Title: Smoke on the Water[22]
  • Form of creative work: song[23]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[24]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, hard rock, rock[25]

  • Community tags: classic rock, hard rock, rock[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c6a2f0a7-820d-3189-8415-a25363caad4b[27]

Why It Matters

Smoke on the Water has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Ian Gillan Ian Paice Jon Lord Pat Boone Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Deep Purple, Rapped & Sold, Pat Boone +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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