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| "Perfect Strangers" | ||||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||||
| from the album Perfect Strangers | ||||
| B-side | "Son of Alerik" | |||
| Released | 18 January 1985 [1] | |||
| Recorded | July–August 1984 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 5:23 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK) | |||
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"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 comeback album Perfect Strangers . It was also released as the first single from the album in the UK.
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It is one of the few Deep Purple compositions not to feature a guitar solo. Nevertheless, founding band member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has called it his favorite Deep Purple song. The lyrics are inspired by the Elric books by Michael Moorcock.
As a single, it spent 3 weeks in the UK Singles charts from 26th January to 9th February, 1985 peaking at No. 48 [2] , a modest performance as compared to the album as a whole which had peaked at No. 5 of the UK Album charts throughout November and December the previous year. [3]
