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Who Do We Think We Are by Deep Purple
Who Do We Think We Are is an album by Deep Purple, released in 1973. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 56 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Woman From Tokyo”, on 56 lists with a best position of #37.
Who Do We Think We Are, Deep Purple's seventh album, came out in January 1973 on Purple Records, and it's the sound of the classic Mark II lineup running on fumes. Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice produced it themselves, cutting tracks with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, but they were worn to the bone: Gillan admitted they had all been through serious illness, and the fatigue shows.
Still, there's muscle in it. The record leans bluesier than the Machine Head bulldozer, Gillan even has a go at scat singing, and "Woman from Tokyo" charges out with hard-rock swagger to spare. Oddly, the band barely touched it on stage in the '70s, only making it a fixture after the 1984 reunion. The album sold, and Deep Purple ended 1973 as the top-selling act in America, but Gillan and Glover were gone that same year, replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Who Do We Think We Are on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woman From Tokyo | 56 | #37 | – | 1982–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.