Top 10 Songs: Deep Purple

[@gage6209]

Child in time is definitely one my favorite songs ever.

[@coreycrossman3447]

Maybe the first prog metal song

[@alxf66]

And this is why I tune in. I'm not interested in a list of the usual suspects. Music is personal. I've never been a "singles" listener. I'm an album listener. As a result, I would find it difficult to put together ten songs. Thanks for sharing.

[@PurpleHounding]

Child In Time has to be number one, take one's pick for the rest.

[@alxf66]

Time for me to belly up to the bar: 1. Child in Time- -this song alone should have gotten them into the Hall. 2. The Battle Rages On--Brimming with urgency and superbly crafted 3. Burn--Just kicks you in the throat and laughs at your pain 4. No One Came--Just feels good and years ahead 5. Mistreated-- Could be my number two on any given day 6. You Fool No One--A great way to capture the era 7. You Keep On Moving--Wistful, earnest, yet somber. 8. Hallelujah--A great showcase for Ian and a great transitional piece 9. Anya--Takes one to a mystical place. 10. Stormbringer--This song can never be played loud enough The list is fluid much as my moods are. Could easily hit 10 before getting to Machine Head. Or 10 after Who Do We Think We Are. Do with it what you will..

[@MusicCollaborator]

I'd have a much easier time putting together a top ten relationship list than any music list. I hear you alxf66.

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

For bands so greats like Purple a ranking with only ten songs is stupid and ridiculous...

[@ouroborosnagyok9306]

Child in Time gives me chills every time I hear it one of the greatest songs of all time...

[@SuperStrik9]

Deep Purple Top 10 1. Burn 2, Highway Star 3. Child In Time 4. Woman From Tokyo 5. Stormbringer 6. Strange Kind Of Woman 7. You Fool No One 8. Speed King 9. Mistreated 10. Black Night Thanks for mentioning Black Night. Forgot that tune. Kick ass Blackmore solo on that song.

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

Excuseme,and Mark 4?. Good,thanks 🙄

[@hmpz36911]

Fuckin' awesome list

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

Ritchie stole the Black Night riff from Ricky Nelson's "Summertime". Yup.

[@robertwilliams4682]

1. April 2. Son of Alerik 3. Anthem 4. Child in Time 5. When a Blind Man Cries 6. Blind 7. Pictures of Home 8. Mistreated 9. Highway Star 10. Chasing Shadows

[@Jack-52]

Robert Williams YES CHASING SHADOWS IS SO AMAZING

[@aacugna8]

Wring That Neck !!!

[@ouroborosnagyok9306]

Son of Alerik hits different

[@matthiascerebri3315]

Why do you leave out Smoke on the Water?

[@bryanbruce-p8o]

Son of Alerik is a masterpiece

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

1. The Battle Rages On (Probably one of the most powerful riffs ever) 2. Anthem (I recognized how great this song is when I watched the German film Requiem. In one scene the lead actress Sandra Hüller dances to it and it is also in the end titles. It is a very sad film and the dancing scene is the happiest moment for her character, which makes it so memorable.) 3. Fireball 4. Burn 5. A Twist in the Tale 6. Child in Time 7. Bird Has Flown 8. Why Didn't Rosemary 9. April 10. Wring That Neck Pete, it is exactly how you say, if people want to see a list of their most successful or well-known songs, it's probably easy to find on the web, it is your personal choice we like to know :)

[@GrahamS67]

Great list, unusual choices. I must check out that film

[@kurtsherrick2066]

Misty Dupree off the House of Blue Light is a great song. Ritchie on the Spanish Archer is fantastic. To many great Deep Purple songs to pick. Very few bands have the volume of work that Purple has done over the decades. About all Purple's Songs could be in the top ten. Purple was just that damn excellent!!

[@lawrenceterwilliger6787]

I couldn't do a top 10 for Deep Purple! Too many outstanding tracks! " Child in Time", however would be my #1! When I was teenager, this song would touch my soul and heart! Growing up was tough, but this song got me through my doubts and anger! It would calm me down! It was masterpiece of music!

[@MusicCollaborator]

That song is a masterpiece! My older brother turned me onto great bands. I had just discovered Judas Priest Sad Wings and was listening to Pink Floyd & Bowie when I heard this what a time in music.

[@steamer1112]

The Made In Japan version of Space Truckin' absolutely blew my mind the first time I heard it and it still does. To this day, it's still my very favourite Deep Purple song.

[@SuperStrik9]

Made In Japan might be the greatest live album of all time. Every song is better than its studio version on that album.

[@steamer1112]

@@SuperStrik9 Yessongs is also right up there in my mind.

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

+Dave It's on my list as my favorite recording by ANYONE, ever. Have listened to it hundreds of times.

[@HenrikRClausen]

@@SuperStrik9 "Every song is better than every other song" :)

[@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa]

Love your channel Pete!! Really dig the top 10 lists. Purple is my favorite band. I am almost 60, and I have been following Purple since 1968. They have been an integral, important part of my life for half a century. It is so hard to whittle their discography down to 10, but here are mine: 10. Bloodsucker 9. You Fool No One 8. Rat Bat Blue 7. The Mule (one of Ritchie's best solos) 6. Speed King 5. Pictures of Home 4. Highway Star 3. Lazy 2. Burn 1. Child In Time HM's (in no particular order...) Anthem Shield April Wring That Neck Mandrake Root Hush Kentucky Woman (Jon's solo is total kick ass) Hallelujah Flight of the Rat Hard Lovin' Man Strange Kind of Woman Black Night Fireball No No No (great bass playing from Roger) Living Wreck (love the growl from Jon's Hammond) Space Truckin' Smoke on the Water Mistreated Sail Away Gypsy You Keep On Moving Rosa's Cantina Sometimes I feel Like Screaming Cascades Rapture of the Deep (my favorite Morse riff) Battle Rages On Anya Solitaire Uncommon Man Vincent Price Perfect Strangers Under the Gun Time for Bedlam Birds of Prey Fire in the Basement Overall, my favorite Purple albums: 7. Now What?! 6. Purpendicular 5. Battle Rages On 4. Fireball 3. In Rock 2. Burn 1. Machine Head What's amazing about CIT is that Ritchie was told, you have 5 minutes to put down a solo, and he comes up with that gem! Then he apologizes later that it was not better!! That's genius. As much as I like the MIJ version of CIT (totally frenetic), I really love the version from Live in Stockholm. What are your thoughts about that version? Thanks Pete!! Keep up the great work))

[@patrickmichels7888]

Glad you included battle rages on which is a fantastic under appreciated classic

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

Excellent list. I have to list my own favorites chronologically or I'm sure to miss something: 1. "Mandrake Root" 2. "April" 3. "Child in Time" 4. "Hard Lovin' Man" 5. "Strange Kind of Woman" 6. "Pictures of Home" 7. "Burn" 8. "You Keep on Moving" 9. "Perfect Strangers" 10. "Vincent Price"

[@ralphmarrone3130]

I sure love those Blackmore/Lord guitar/organ duels!

[@silverdragon710]

That's a wonderful way to put it-duels!

[@80sf1fan2]

Bloodsucker rules

[@reckia]

My ten favorite Deep Purple songs are, in no particular order, are: Child In Time Highway Star Pictures of Home Smoke On the Water Space Truckin’ And The Address Our Lady Not Responsible Holy Man Flight Of The Rat

[@misate8993]

Child In Time is a masterpiece

[@aviationlba747]

Killer top 10 there Pete! Here’s mine: 1. Child In Time (Made In Japan) 2. Space Truckin’ (Made In Japan) 3. Burn (Made In Europe) 4. Fireball 5. Bloodsucker 6. Shield 7. Into The Fire 8. Speed King 9. Maybe I’m A Leo 10. The Painter

[@sandybeck1358]

Where TF is highway star. This list is disqualified

[@aviationlba747]

@@sandybeck1358 You know that not everyone will have the same opinion as you, right?

[@oliverfletcher1939]

My top 10 10. Smoke on the water 9. Might just take your life 8. Highway star 7. Getting tighter 6. Coming home 5. The gypsy 4. Lady double dealer 3. Lady luck 2. Mistreated 1. Burn

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

Very good list!!!

[@jynx1395]

Pete, people do not have a clue. For example, if FM radio slammed The Wanton Song or That's The Way down everyone's throats since those 2 came out, then there is a very good possibility these 2 songs would be very popular. People are afraid to be different and it's the human element to fit in, therefore they just go with the masses. Good list, Pete. Child In Time is a beast of a song. I agree, Blackmore's best solo. Wo heavy and full of feel, especially those first few bars of that solo.

[@tonysimmons5729]

Indeed! Lowest common denominator is a safe spot to land... Myself, avoid fitting in most of the time.....

[@GoNorthDesign]

Hey Pete: because of your show I finally-at age 48!-got into DEEP PURPLE. Since the start of 2022, I have purchased 6 of their CDs and 1 DVD (the Classic Albums TV documentary for "Machine Head"; SO GOOD!). And I'm just about to use an Amazon gift card to order a few more. Such a huge discography to get familiar with!

[@Metal5678]

Fantastic band.

[@ilj1259]

I like the overplayed songs in this case... never get tired of them. 1) Smoke on the Water 2) Hush 3) Perfect Strangers 4) My Woman From Tokyo 5) April 6) Burn 7) Child In Time 8) Highway Star 9) Soldiers of Fortune 10) Lazy

[@CB-xr1eg]

Woman From Tokyo - Soldier Of Fortune

[@brentorr9953]

Like Blue Oyster Cult says , “ time to play B- sides “ deep tracks people !

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My top 10 10. Stormbringer 9. Woman from Tokyo 8. Fireball 7. Never before 6. Child in time 5. Strange kind of woman 4. Black night 3. Smoke on the water 2. Burn 1. Highway star

[@jaimeres]

10. I'm So Glad 9. Our Lady 8. When A Blind Man Cries 7. Soon Forgotten 6. Flight Of The Rat 5. Speed King 4. Fools 3. Burn 2. Child In Time (MIJ) 1. Highway Star (MIJ)

[@Secretrealmtube]

It's all good Pete.....keep up the great work.....I was originally influenced to play Drums after watching Ian Paice and telling my Parents that Elton John was on the telly!.....I saw Deep Purple at The Royal Albert Hall in 1999, Jon Lord's Hammond swirling around in Solo was just the most incredible Sonic Experience I've ever witnessed, RIP.

[@pete8020]

My Top 10:- 10. Lady Double Dealer 9. The Battle Rages On 8. Not Responsible 7. Knocking At Your Back Door 6. Stormbringer 5. Mistreated 4. Highway Star 3. The Gypsy 2. Burn 1. Child In Time

[@Metal5678]

Not responsible is brilliant and to think it was a bonus track on perfect strangers album

[@augustgeary5538]

10: burn 9: highway star 8: knocking at your back door 7: bad attitude 6: sometimes I feel like screaming 5: into the fire 4: smooth dancer 3: fireball 2: fools 1: mistreated

[@robertwolstein8111]

It's my favorite band of all time as well, Pete. There is such an underrated awesomeness to this band. I love Child in Time as well. I also like 2 songs from Mark 5, which would be Perfect Strangers but especially Knocking on your Back Door.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

*Perfect Strangers* & *Knocking at Your Back Door* was the Mach II line-up. Mach V line-up was with Joe Lynn Turner replacing Ian Gillian for the *Slaves and Masters* album.

[@MichaelQuinlan207]

Brilliant list. And completely different from mine. It’s awesome to meet another person that hand on heart declares DeepPurple their out and out favorite band. My top ten (today): 1. Perfect Strangers 2. Flight of the rat 3. Sometimes I feel like screaming 4. Highway Star 5. Burn 6. Before time began 7. Pictures of home 8. Livin’ Wreck 9. Nobody’s home 10. You keep on movin’ I forgot to do my honorable mentions. This could be a huge list. 1. Fools; can’t believe it’s not in my top ten 2. Birds of prey; incredible song. 3. Strangeways; always loved it 4. April; taste of what was to come 5. Hallelujah; fantastic Cook/Greenaway song 6. Soldier of Fortune; sheer class 7. When a blindman cries; not to be outdone 8. Mitzi Dupree; wonderful bawdy song 9. The surprising; such tone 10. Child in time; timeless

[@frankmathiesen1779]

1 Child In Time 2 Hard Lovin Man 3 Space Truckin 4 Highway Star 5 Mistreated 6 Into The Fire 7 Stormbringer 8 Fireball 9 No One Came 10 A Gypsys Kiss

[@marymoonchild2801]

My picks: 10. King of dreams 9. You keep on moving 8. Fireball 7. Highway star 6. Burn 5. Perfect strangers 4. Child in time 3. When a blind man cries 2. Pictures of home 1. Lazy

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

Agree with the 50 % of your list...

[@bruceharrison8160]

My favorite song of all time. Child in time

[@MrMojoRisin]

Great video Pete. Child In Time is my favourite like yourself. That’s why I like your lists, you cover the whole discography with the deep cuts. You don’t rattle off the greatest hits CD. Great stuff.

[@nielsbuhrmann1908]

INDEED

[@prockrog5219]

Couldn't agrree more about Child In Time. Hearing it for the first time was a milestone in my musical development on par with hearing Iron Man by Black Sabbath for the first time.

[@ouroborosnagyok9306]

one of my fav bands of all time, legends

[@bobthebear1246]

*My Deep Purple Top Ten:* 1) Child In Time 2) Speed King 3) Burn 4) Black Night 5) Highway Star 6) Strange Kind Of Woman 7) Hush 8) Woman From Tokyo 9) Lazy 10) Perfect Strangers *Honorable Mentions:* Kentucky Woman; Fireball; No No No; Demon's Eye; Space Truckin'; Smoke On The Water; Stormbringer (so close); Knockin' At Your Back Door; A Gypsy's Kiss; Wasted Sunsets; Bad Attitude; Hush 1988; King Of Dreams; Fire In The Basement; The Battle Rages On (need to check-out *Purpendicular* - yeah, I know)

[@ufivuhsu344]

1 - Highway Star 2 - Burn 3 - Mistreated 4 - Fireball 5 - Child in Time 6 - Wring That Neck 7 - Anya 8 - The Spanish Archer 9 - Knocking at Your Back Door 10 - Son of Alerik

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

Good for the "Spanish archer"...

[@tomojay28]

Favorite studio moments: 10. Ian Gillan vocals outro Mary Long 9. Roger Glover solo Pictures of Home 8. Ian Paice intro Fireball 7. Glenn Hughes vocals Love Don't Mean A Thing 6. Ian Gillan vocals first verse Child In Time 5. David Coverdale vocals first verse Might Just Take Your Life 4. Ritchie Blackmore solo Hard Lovin' Man 3. Ritchie Blackmore first solo Lazy 2. Ian Gillan intro scream Highway Star 1. Jon Lord solo Burn

[@seabud6408]

Tomo Jay Could easily have mentioned every one of these too. Intro mayhem to Speed King from In Rock and the warm up/ first few bars of Highway Star from Made in Japan.

[@tomojay28]

@@seabud6408 Agree, especially the MIJ Highway Star intro; the warm up for the studio Highway Star on the anniversary release also adds a lot to the official version IMO

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

And the Bolin's guitar solo in "I need love" and every song from "Come taste the band"...

[@aviationlba747]

For me, number one is Ritchie Blackmore’s solo in Child In Time, followed by the raucous intro to Speed King.

[@christianroomman6576]

Great list. My picks from best to worst... Misstreated, pictures of home, into the fire, child in time, knocking at your back door, highway star, black night, smoke on the water, wasted sunsets, perfect strangers

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

My Top 10 favorite Purple songs are as follows: Smoke on the Water Strangeways Highway Star Hush (Mach I) Perfect Strangers Knocking on Your Back Door Child in Time Woman from Tokyo Lazy (tie) Call of the Wild / Vincent Price

[@independenceltd.]

10. Any Fule Kno That 9. Bludsucker 8. Love Don't mean a Thing 7. Burn 6. Stormbringer 5. Mistreated 4. Perfect Strangers 3. Space Truckin' 2. Lazy 1. Child in Time

[@malcolmmckay2608]

1 Mistreated 2 Child in time 3Burn 4 Flight of the rat 5 Strange kind of woman 6 Speed King 7 Lazy 8 Fireball 9 sail away 10 Highway star

[@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117]

Hi Pete, waiting long time for your great list!!!! My list, but it's very hard, and perhaps it will change tomorrow again ;) 1 child in time (strongest statement of music, my all time favorite song) 2 highway star (started speed metal, great blistering track, what to say, it's Purples perfect tune) 3 black night (great, great, cool rhythm, their only no 1 single) 4 burn (amazing burner, riff, drums, soli, a fast masterpiece and a perfect opener) 5 smoke on the water (OK.. Cool riff, rhythm and singing, their signature song) 6 perfect strangers (amazing epic blistering track, a great comeback, all sayed about this one) 7 fireball (blueprint for fast songs, amazing for this time) 8 space truckin (very cool lyric, strong rhythm, drums, screaming 9 mistreated (great live sounding too, epic riffs and voice) 10 speed king (what to say, full power and diversity, the prototype of heavy metal) Memorable songs 11 to......? without ranking: Woman from tokyo (great rif, drums and soft middle part) Living wreck (great vibe, for me one of their best songs) Lazy (cool fast tune) The mule (epic drum solo, great rhythm) Hard lovin man (probably their heaviest song ever, great song parts) Hush (cool, good tune) Anya (typical great Blackmore melody) April (blueprint for rock meets classic) Second movement from concerto for group and orchestra (epic guitar and singing parts, make me cry) Chasing shadows (great mark I stuff) Strange kind of woman (strong rhythm, great lyrics) You keep on movin (wonderfull epic one) Anthem (beautiful song) Shield (very interesting one ) Fools (psychedelic hard rocking) Lady double dealer (great live) A twist in a tale (cool fast song) Fire in the basement (great Blackmore riff) Wasted sunsets (powerful sensible ballad) When a blind man cries (like above) Flight of the rat (really strong heavy song) Soldier of fortune (good Coverdale ballad, shows his greatness) Stormbringer (great opener) Fortune-teller (interesting tune, great rythm) Dead or alive (fast rocker) Mean strick (fabulous rhythm, very interesting tune) Pictures of home ( cool rythm, soli) Sometimes I feel like screaming (very great Morse track) Bird has been flown (raw purple rock) Mandrake root (live monster, epic, hard heavy, scary, wild and dangerous) Comin home (good opening track) You fool no one (live its a powerful blistering playground for Blackmore, Paice and lord) Etc etc etc etc etc etc. A list without any ending.. Forget the songs from abandon like 69, seventh Heaven, bananas and the album come taste the band with Tommy Bolin who are really strong

[@JoeChewBaca]

Here ya go! My Top 10 Deep Purple 1. Highway Star 2. Burn 3. Pictures Of Home 4. Speed King 5. No No No 6. Knocking At Your Back Door 7. Space Truckin' 8. Strange Kind of Woman 9. Lady Luck 10. Hush

[@clivewalker481]

1. Child in Time 2.Highway Star 3. Strange Kind Of Woman 4 Black Night 5. Mistreated 6 Into The Fire 7. Never Before 8 Speed king 9 Might Just Take your life 10. Gypsy. Great band Brilliant music.

[@planetbarrett6055]

My Top 10 Favorite Deep Purple Songs: This was Hard. 10: Help (Shades of Deep Purple) 9: Burn 8: Woman from Tokyo (Who do we think we are) 7: Fools (Fireball) 6: The Drifter (Come Taste the Band) 5: Super Trouper (Who do we think we are) 4: Fireball 3: Child in Time (Deep Purple In Rock) 2: Highway Star/Space Trucking (Machine Head) 1: Strange Kind of Woman (Fireball) Honorable Mentions: (Shades of Deep Purple) Hey Joe (The Book of Taliesyn) Anthem (Deep Purple) The Painter (Deep Purple in Rock) Speed King (Fireball) The Mule (Machine Head) Pictures of Home (Who do we think we are) Mary Long (Burn) Mistreated (Stormbringer) Stormbringer (Come Taste the Band) Dealer (Perfect Strangers) A Gypsy's Kiss (The House of Blue Light) Dead or Alive (Slaves and Masters) King of Dreams (The Battle Rages on) The Battle Rages on (Whoosh!) Throw my Bones

[@007captain1]

my top 10 deep purple song list #10 hush #9 space trucking #8 burn #7 knocking at your back door #6 pictures of home #5 mistreated #4 maybe i'm a leo #3 perfect strangers #2 strange kind of woman #1 highway star

[@GVarner]

#10 Mandrake Root #9 Demons Eye #8 Lazy #7 Drifter #6 Love Child #5 Dealer #4 Bloodsucker #3 Rat Bay Blue #2 Burn #1 You Fool No One it was hard Pete Deep Purple top notch Musicians Blackmore Tommy Bolin Jon Lord Glenn Hughes Gillan Ian Paice great drummer Keep Rocking Pete

[@mikeschrammel1790]

Sorry Pete but here is my list in reverse order 10 - Strange kind of woman 9 - Woman from Tokyo 8 - Living wreck. 7 - Fools 6 - You keep on moving. 5 - Lazy 4 - Black night 3 - Mistreated 2 - Child in time 1 - Burn. Always enjoyable , love this format, thanks Pete.

[@franciskocher200]

Amazing band - Amazing songs...😃👍

[@yasminprosser2057]

Thank you for sharing your favourites!!!

[@MrFrostien]

Awesome list Pete!

[@yvansheremetieff6542]

1. Watching the Sky 2. Pictures of Home 3. Chasing Shadows 4. Highway Star 5. Any Fule Know That 6. Blind 7. Solitaire 8. Burn 9. The Shield 10. Knocking at Your Door

[@brennanfrawley1140]

My top 50, yes, 50 1. Wasted Sunsets 2. Mad Dog 3. Woman From Tokyo 4. Highway Star 5. Sail Away 6. Slow Train 7. A Gypsy's Kiss 8. The Spanish Archer 9. Mean Streak 10. Burn 11. Child In Time 12. Stormbringer 13. Smoke On The Water 14. Maybe I'm A Leo 15. Love Child 16. Lady Luck 17. Nobody's Home 18. Never Before 19. Strange Kind Of Woman 20. Black And White 21. What's Going on Here 22. Not Responsible 23. The Gypsy 24. Might Just Take Your Life 25. Anya 26. You Keep Moving 27. Bloodsucker 28. Under The Gun 29. Holy Man 30. King Of Dreams 31. High Ball Shooter 32. No No No 33. Demons Eye 34. Roadhouse Blues 35. Space Truckin 36. Wicked Ways 37. Black Knight 38. Hush (68) 39. Rat Bat Blue 40. Super Trouper 41. Hip Boots 42. Hungry Daze 43. The Battle Rages On 44. Soldier Of Fourtune 45. On Top Of The World 46. Out Of Hand 47. Into The Fire 48. Blood From A Stone 49. Knocking At Your Backdoor 50. Pictures of Home

[@integrity101]

Wow. 50.

[@StrongLIfePower]

A Gypsy's Kiss and Under the Gun are EPIC!!!!!!!!!!! Mad Dog & Dead or Alive rock too!!!!

[@seabud6408]

So many you mentioned are my favourites. Agree Child in Time No 1. Just as great today as it was then. Purple got an award for In Rock from a U.K. magazine 5 or 6 years ago. A journalist said “Even if it was recorded today in the best studio with the best equipment and the same band you couldn’t make that album sound better than it does” Also heard that the band had just finished the last recording session for In Rock and were heading north for a gig. Roger turned to Jon Lord and said “ You know ... it could have been better”. Jon said “Roger, if it could have been better it would have been better”. Illustrates the standard they must have set, for what proved to be their breakthrough album. Still my favourite. When I first played it I remember thinking how is it possible to play those instruments/sing like that and make them sound like that? Perfect strangers indeed.

[@mundoaseptico8785]

Good Job Pete. Everybody loves the hits of Deep Purple. I appreciate discover other songs and your point of view. thank you.

[@daniellincoln4458]

Great list I would put a lot of the same but I’d have to include no one came probably one of my favorites of all time

[@anthonyperrault1805]

What's great about your top ten Pete is you make me think and search for the songs that I've never listened to.Thanks keep up the good work.

[@kaosmonger73]

Killer cuts!! Enjoying your channel very much!

[@crucify40]

I love the first 4 songs on Purpendicular. Only got into the Morse era in the last year or so.

[@GrahamS67]

I love perpendicular but I'm sorry but "soon forgotten" has to be the most appropriately titled song ever. I absolutely can not listen to it, just terrible.

[@tommorris5069]

Child in Time, Lazy, Highway Star, Perfect Strangers, Knocking at Your Backdoor, Mistreated, Burn, Woman From Tokyo, Space Trucking, Strange Kind of Woman

[@dannymartinez9371]

I love the interview where Jon Lord remarked how Stormbringer was a great track but the lyrics not written by Gillan for Purple were not his (Lord's) "cup of tea." I'm glad you mentioned into the fire; Gillan's version from live in Anaheim 2006 is great. Funny how Gypsy is a great Purple, Heep and Fleetwood mac song. (The spirit and lifestyle of a Gypsy inspired good tunes)

[@kneelandpray2878]

Great Pete

[@stuartfeigley]

Love the channel. Biggest challenge I would have doing a Purple list like you did is that I love the live recordings of the songs way more than the studio. Highway Star from Made In Japan and Speed King from In Concert 1970 - 1972 are my top two fav songs...but I never listen to them off the studio records. Always thought their songs had an extra energy when played live.

[@stevepoirier8207]

1.Highway Star 2.Burn 3.Pictures of Home 4.Speed King 5.Smooth Dancer 6.Living Wreck 7.Child in Time 8.Fools 9.Stormbringer 10.When a Blind Man Cries

[@cristianegoncalves2777]

I simply love "Child in time", wonderful!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@hmpz36911]

1. Child In Time 2. Demon's Eye 3. Black Night 4. Highway Star 5. Space Truckin' 6. Burn 7. Mistreated 8. Knockin' At Your Back Door 9. When A Blind Man Cries 10. Pictures Of Home

[@adolfopedrocamargo]

My Top 10 Deep Purple Songs 10 - Hush 9 - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 8 - Mistreated 7 - Lazy 6 - Soldier of Fortune 5 - Speed King 4 - Fools 3- Highway Star 2 - Burn 1 - Child in Time

[@GrahamS67]

There's no right or wrong here is there. So many great tunes. It kills me that I couldn't fit highway star in my list. (Check it out btw) it's further up😁

[@sharanyopaul7358]

1. Child in time 2. Burn 3. Black night 4. Highway Star 5. Stormbringer 6. Lazy 7. Perfect Strangers 8. Fireball 9. Mistreated 10. The Battle Rages On

[@stephanegosselin2861]

Great Picks, Child in Time is also my favorite, the one in Made in Japan

[@drunckyduck3437]

My top 10: today!!???? 1.Pictures of home 2.Child in time 3.Strange kind of woman 4.Highway star 5.Burn 6.Flight of the Rat 7.This Time Around 8.Fireball 9.Chasing Shadows 10.Strangeways

[@jasonknight130]

My Top 10 1-Child In Time 2-Perfect Strangers 3-Knockin’ At Your Back Door 4-Speed King 5-Black Knight 6-Woman From Tokyo 7-Highway Star 8-Fireball 9-Space Truckin’ 10-Burn

[@erniekoss5425]

It's how the music moves each individual.

[@zlimuzur]

My top 10: 10. Lalena 9.Fire in the Basement 8.You keep on moving 7.Stormbringer 6.Battle rages on 5.Pictures of home 4.Sail Away 3.Child in time 2.Burn 1.Soldier of fortune

[@doctorclu]

Just saw Deep Purple on the = 1 tour and I am now a appreciator of their music. I've been listening to more and more of their tracks and appreciate the suggestions. So far Knocking At Your Back Door is the most catchy, but I have to say the way they presented Hush visually and performance at the concert two days ago has it etched in my mind. :D They are old as hell and rock just as much.

[@brucefranklin6295]

Deep Purple is also my favorite band since I was 12.My list would be pretty different from yours,although not complaining about your list.The honorable mentions from Fireball album would all beat out Stormbringer album songs for me.DP has so many great songs/performances that it is tough to pick a top 10.Enjoyed your take on it!

[@Baz63]

Flight Of The Rat and Rat Bat Blue...love Rats!!! 2 overlooked classics in my opinion. Seems to me that Speed King gets all the kudos but Flight showcases the instrumental power of the band better than any studio recordings before or since when Lord and then Blackmore play their most ferocious solos. Anyway to me these two songs encompass the MK2 line-up perfectly. Mind you this from someone who's favourite 2 Deep Purple albums are 'Come Taste The Band and 'Purpendicular' so i guess my opinion is not very creditable. Anyway great great band..and great video.

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

Lord's solo in "Flight" takes me into the stratosphere!

[@TREBONIANVS]

1. Never Before 2. Space Trucking 3. Highway Star 4. Speed King 5. Fireball 6. Maybe I'm a Leo 7. Pictures of Home 8. Rat Bat Blue 9. What's Going on Here 10. Sometimes I feel like Screaming.

[@garyizzard839]

I have just enjoyed a best of Deep Purple on an old BASF chromdioxid super tape (early 80s). Still sounds great and I never tire of the songs.

[@pablopistacio5661]

My favorite song on In Rock is Flight of the Rat , which strangely did not even get a mention. That's cool . Many years ago I made a cassette of Best of Deep Purple to play in the car . It contained most of the songs mentioned . The tape had about 20 songs on it , even Blackmore's fantastic elongated solo from the 1st movement of Jon Lord's Concerto . It was very tricky to record it from a vinyl album , took me about 3 goes to get the cueing right .

[@CaptSpacelord]

1. Flight of the rat 2. Lazy 3. Hard lovin man 4. Black night 5. No one came 6. Space truckin' 7. Wring that neck 8. Perfect stranger 9. Bloodsucker 10.Chasing shadows

[@kevinbutler3665]

1. Space Trucking---MIJ version. 2. Burn-MIE version 3.Highway Star-MIJ version 4.Pictures Of Home 5. Lazy--MIJ version 6. Rat Bat Blue 7. Flight Of The Rat 8. Wring That Neck 9. You Fool No One 10. Fireball wild card track----The Bird Has Flown.

[@DpHsHd]

We come here to “meet” you, Pete: it’s your encyclopedic knowledge, taste, and enthusiasm that make your shows so interesting. All selections of music are intensely personal: rather weird anyone could take issue with that.

[@josephdefilippis07]

1. Woman From Tokyo 2. Perfect Strangers 3. Smoke on the Water 4. Mistreated 5. Knocking at Your Back Door 7. Highway Star 8. Hush 9. Child In Time 10. Space Truckin’

[@jimekberg]

1. Speed King 2. Child in time 3. Smoke on the water 4. Highway star 5. Into the fire 6. No no no 7. Bloodsucker 8. Mistreated 9. Sail away 10.You fool no one

[@mikeschrammel1790]

Thanks Pete, loved your list, here is mine in reverse order. 10 - Strange kind of woman 9 - Woman from Tokyo

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

Where's the rest? :)

[@GrahamS67]

This is so tough, I love virtually everything by Purple, particularly the MK2 era but here goes: 10. Rat Bat Blue (Jon Lord's finest hour) 9. Sometimes I feel like screaming 8. Uncommon man 7. When a blind man cries 6. Strange kind of Woman (Made in Japan) 5. Bloodsucker 4. Burn 3. Mistreated 2. Child in time 1. Fools

[@trannongoble7722]

Holy crap, ANOTHER time we have the same #1 song from a band.

[@haraldgruber5830]

Thanks for the mention of Mitzi Dupree. After all that years this song is still in my top list - can't exactly say why but I love it.

[@elioneal6192]

I'm all in with you Pete. Same about hits, heard them way to much. Folks get mad at me for playing music I like,but they don't know it wasn't on the radio🎶✌️🎶

[@scottscotter6638]

I have always been a deep cut kind of guy and have turned on people to lots songs that they did not know about. My brother who is in mid 40s 10 yrs younger than me comes over for a monthly jam session of my old cds because of my playlist of songs that kick ass but are never played on classic rock stations. Keep up the good work brother.

[@fredlaroche6969]

10 - Before time Began 9 - Sometimes I feel like Screaming 8 - Clearly Quite Absurd 7 - Son of Alerik 6 - Mistreated 5 - Knocking at your Back Door 4 - Stormbringer 3 - Child in Time 2 - Pictures of Home 1 - Burn

[@robertwolstein8111]

I love Simple Song as well. So catchy....a beautiful vocal by Ian.

[@johnr7279]

Nice one and keep those top 10s coming! Deep Purple! The BEST hard rock band ever and very multi-dimensional due to members coming and going. My top 10 include Lazy, the alt. version of Smoke on the Water (the solo's better IMHO), Child in Time, April (Mk I), Highway Star, Wring That Neck, Grabsplatter, Perfect Strangers (Mk II Part II), Place In Line, and probably Fools. I am mostly a Mk II guy. DP is a hand that it'd be easy to also have a top 20 or 25. My top 10 for Purple jumps around a bit.

[@grimtraveller7923]

I so agree that the "Made in Japan" version of "Smoke on the water" has a better solo than the studio version. In fact, it's a better track altogether and Jon Lord's cleverly tossed off solo on it at the end makes it a much better song, as does Richie's slight deviation right at the start of the song. For me there are many Purple songs that are great and it is kind of fashionable in some circles to have a downer on "Smoke." But aside from the iconic riff, it's a brilliant song. It would be a fantastic song even if the riff was downplayed or not there.

[@bmardon2112]

1 - You Fool No One 2 - Speed King 3 - Nothing At All 4 - Loosen My Strings 5 - Lay Down, Stay Down 6 - No No No 7 - Maybe I'm A Leo 8 - The Power Of The Moon 9 - Almost Human 10 - Don't Let Go

[@tonysimmons5729]

How could your FAVORITE tunes list be anything but songs that U love?.... I'm With ya here Pete!

[@flyfishincrazy]

Pete...you have the best music show on you tube! I recently discovered you and am thoroughly enjoying these videos! Child in Time better be number one ☝️ lol....just kidding.

[@trevorflarty1811]

I love mkll. However, BURN!! An absolute, belter, & classic, song. It's got everything!!! I have to say it:Blackmore, what a fantastic, guitarist. A tease, a strop, the, mysterious, man, in black. An, awesome riff, maestro,searing, snake-charmer, leads, strong, melodic songs. This, superb, guitarist has contributed so much,.. for, DECADES!!! I've been a fan for 50 years. I ain't stopping now. The drive, & creative energy of the man, is, ASTOUNDING!!!!

[@tommy6954]

Excellent taste you have man! A very killer Deep Purple list. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

[@ozuidema]

Nice list Pete. Here's my; a list of usual suspects and some early work that I quite like: 1. Highway star 2. Woman from Tokyo 3. Smoke on the water 4. Lazy 5. Black night 6. Burn 7. Pictures of home 8. Perfect strangers 9. Wring that neck 10. Demon’s eye

[@jamesjukebox2386]

Well said by the way on your choices and content. 10 You fool no one. 9 Stormbringer. 8 Mistreated. 7 Soldier of fortune. 6 The Gypsy. 5 The Mule. 4 Fools. 3 Perfect strangers. 2 Highway star. 1 Burn.