Fireball (song)
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| Song by Deep Purple | ||
| from the album Fireball | ||
| Released | September 1971 | |
| Recorded | September 1970 - June, 1971 London |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3:25 | |
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Ian Gillan Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice |
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| Producer(s) | Deep Purple | |
| Fireball track listing | ||
| "Fireball" (1) |
"No No No" (2) |
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Fireball is the opening song of the album of the same name by the English hard rock band Deep Purple.
The song begins with an air conditioning unit being turned on and the drums begin at bar 2 at 240 bpm. It is one of the only Deep Purple songs to feature Ian Paice using a double-bass pedal; when performed live, a roadie brings on another bass drum to perform the song, only to remove it when it is finished. Hence it is not performed live very often. However, it has been performed during the ongoing Rapture of the Deep Tour.
The guitar, bass, organ and vocals join in on bar 10 in the key of A, although most of the song's riff is in Bm.
Fireball is an odd song for Deep Purple as it features no guitar solo. Instead it features a bass solo in the key of F#m which then modulates into an organ solo in Bm.
The song ends in a fade out with ad-libbing from the organ. The beat is accented with a tambourine played by Ian Gillan.
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