Highway Star (song)

"Highway Star"
"Highway Star"
Single by Deep Purple
from Machine Head"
B-side	"Highway Star (long version)"
Released	July 1972 (Japan); September 1972 (US)
Recorded	6–21 December 1971; Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal;
Length	6:09 (album version); 6:39 (The 1997 Remixes version)
Label	EMI (UK) Warner Bros. (US);
Songwriter(s)	Ritchie Blackmore; Ian Gillan; Roger Glover; Jon Lord; Ian Paice;
Producer(s)	Deep Purple
	"Highway Star" at YouTube

"Highway Star" is a 1972 song by British rock band Deep Purple and is the opening track to their sixth studio album Machine Head. It is the fastest tempo from the album.

References

↑ "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.

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[1] "Deep Purple singles discography".

[The_Deep_Purple_Family-2] Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.

[Cecolini2015-3] 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.

[Popoff2003-4] Martin Popoff (2003). The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time. ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-530-3.

[WallachBerger2011-5] 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.

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