Song · Deep Purple
“Burn” by Deep Purple
From the album Burn (1974)
“Burn” by Deep Purple appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1974 on the album Burn. Its best result is #492 on the Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,677 classic rock song of all time.
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"Burn" gave its name to Deep Purple's 1974 album and put the Mark III lineup to work on a riff that comes at you like a freight train: David Coverdale on lead vocals, Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on Hammond organ and keyboards, Ian Paice on drums. Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord and Paice share the writing, and in the US and Japan it followed "Might Just Take Your Life" as the lineup's second single.
Blackmore says the riff came to him on the spot during a jam, and it was Lord's wife, hearing a tape he'd taken home, who noticed its likeness to "Fascinating Rhythm". A stray guitar klonk survives at the very end; Blackmore wanted to overdub it until the others told him it sounded natural. It opened the band's shows for two years, bumping "Highway Star", including their televised California Jam set on 6 April 1974.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 777 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 965 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2023 | 492 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) | 500 |
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