Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)

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"Soldier of Fortune"
Song by Deep Purple
from the album Stormbringer
Released	December 1974 (1974-12)
Recorded	August 1974 (1974-08)
Genre	Blues rock
Length	3:13
Label	EMI/Purple
Songwriter(s)	David Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore

"Soldier of Fortune" is a rock ballad written by Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale and originally released on Deep Purple's 1974 album Stormbringer . Although Deep Purple has never released the song as a single and it has never placed on the record charts, it has developed a cult following over the years and has been covered by many artists and bands.

Releases
Cover versions
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Releases

"Soldier of Fortune" has been released on several albums since Stormbringer:

Stormbringer (1974)
Last Concert in Japan (1977)
Fireworks (Italy-only compilation) (1985)
This Time Around: Live in Tokyo (2001)
The Platinum Collection (2005)
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple 30th Anniversary Edition (2010)

Cover versions

Whitesnake's version first appeared on the 1997 live album Starkers in Tokyo , then later on The Silver Anniversary Collection (2003), 30th Anniversary Collection (2008) and Made in Britain/World Record (Live) (2013), then in a studio version on their 2015 album The Purple Album , which was also released as a single.
Opeth's version was first released as a bonus track on the Special Edition of their 2005 album Ghost Reveries , then as a single on 6 March 2007 (2007-03-06).^[1]^[2] Roadrunner Records lists Opeth's version among their 13 wildest covers, calling it a faithful cover and noting the band's guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt's "unexpectedly soulful vocals".^[3]
Black Majesty on the 2007 album Tomorrowland .
Bosquito on the 2003 album Cocktail Molotov.
Blackmore's Night on the 2002 album Past Times with Good Company .
Topi Sorsakoski in a Finnish version on his 2002 album under the title Luotu lähtemääncode: fin promoted to code: fi ("Born to depart")
Gyula Vikidál in a Hungarian version on his 1985 solo album under the title Szerencse katonája.
Jiří Schelinger in a Czech version in 1977 under the title Šípková Růženka ("Sleeping Beauty").

References

↑ "Opeth: Soldier of Fortune (Single)". Metal Storm. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ "Soldier of Fortune – Single". iTunes Store. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ "13 of Roadrunner's Wildest Covers". Roadrunner Records. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

External links

Soldier of Fortune at AllMusic

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Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)

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Releases

Cover versions

References

External links