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Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple song)
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| Single by Deep Purple from the album Perfect Strangers |
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| B-side | "Son of Alerik" | ||||
| Released | 1985 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | August, 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 5:23 | ||||
| Label | Polydor (UK) Mercury Records (US) |
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| Writer | Ian Gillan Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover |
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| Producer | Roger Glover Deep Purple |
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"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 album Perfect Strangers.
- The song was covered by the USA progressive metal band Dream Theater in their 1995 album A Change of Seasons.
- The song was used by Shane Douglas as his theme song in ECW. In WCW & TNA he used an instrumental version of the song.
- This song was also used by Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko after they joined Shane Douglas' stable, the Triple Threat.
- The song was covered by Japanese band nil in their album "The Covering Inferno".
- Sometimes in concerts during the 80's, the song was introduced as "Perfect Street Rangers" by vocalist Ian Gillan.
- It is one of the few Deep Purple songs to not feature a guitar solo.
- On the original studio version, the song ends with a fade out. However, in concerts, the band would end it with the added-in line "I don't want to taste your poison....".
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Roger Glover - bass
- Jon Lord - organ
- Ian Paice - drums