| "Highway Star" | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Highway_Star-Lazy.png) 1972 Japanese single sleeve | |
| Single by Deep Purple | |
| from the album Machine Head | |
| B-side | "Highway Star (long version)" |
| Released | July 1972 (Japan)[1] September 1972 (US)[2] |
| Recorded | 6–21 December 1971 Montreux, Switzerland |
| Genre | |
| Length | 6:09 (album version) 6:39 (The 1997 Remixes version) |
| Label | EMI (UK)
|
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Deep Purple |
| Vinyl video | |
| "Highway Star" on YouTube | |
"Highway Star" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple. It is the opening track on the band's sixth studio album Machine Head (1972) and is the fastest tempo song on the album. It is characterised by long, classically inspired guitar and organ solos.[6]
- ^ "Deep Purple singles discography".
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
- ^ Vinny Cecolini (20 June 2015). Shootin' the Sh*t — Volume One: Conversations with Rock Anti- Heroes, Icons & Metal Gods. BearManor E. p. 58. GGKEY:WN9DDZBW0R5.
- ^ Martin Popoff (2003). The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time. ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-530-3.
- ^ Jeremy Wallach; Harris M. Berger; Paul D. Greene (27 December 2011). Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World. Duke University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8223-4733-0.
- ^ ":::: Roger Glover – the official website". Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.