Knocking at Your Back Door

"Knocking at Your Back Door"
Single by Deep Purple
from the album Perfect Strangers
B-side"Wasted Sunsets" (US)
"Perfect Strangers" (UK)
ReleasedDecember 1984 (1984-12) (US)
7 June 1985 (UK)[1]
RecordedJuly–August 1984
GenreHard rock
Length7:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Roger Glover
  • Deep Purple
Deep Purple singles chronology
"Perfect Strangers"
(1984)
"Knocking at Your Back Door"
(1984)
"Call of the Wild"
(1987)

"Knocking at Your Back Door" is a song by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, the first track of the album Perfect Strangers, which was released in October 1984. The song was written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. The track received heavy airplay at the time, playing on heavy rotation. It was used by the Seattle SuperSonics in their lineup intro during home games.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 16.