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((short description|Original song written and composed by Deep Purple (Blackmore-Gillan-Glover-Lord-Paice)))
((Others))
((For|the other song|Black Night (Charles Brown song)))
((More citations needed|date=January 2015))
((Use dmy dates|date=February 2022))
((Use British English|date=February 2013))
((Infobox song
| name          = Black Night
| cover         = Black Night.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Deep Purple]]
| album         = 
| B-side        = ((ubl|"[[Speed King]]" (UK)|"Into the Fire" (US)))
| released      = ((Start date|1970|06|05|df=yes))
| recorded      = May 1970
| studio        = [[De Lane Lea Studios]]
| venue         = 
| genre         = ((hlist|[[Hard rock]]<ref>((cite book|author=Olivier Richard|title=CAMION BLANC: LA SOURIS DEGLINGUEE Histoire d'un groupe de rock'n'roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRfJCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT9|publisher=CAMION BLANC|isbn=978-2-35779-476-4|page=9))</ref>|[[boogie rock]]<ref name= "Dickson 2015">((cite book|first= Jamie|last= Dickson|editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2015 |title= 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die|chapter= Deep Purple - "Black Night|publisher= [[Rizzoli Libri|Universe]]|location= New York|page= 264))</ref>|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>((cite book|author=Eddie Trunk|title=Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29LC-5_oIt0C&pg=PT192|year=2011|publisher=Abrams|isbn=978-1-61312-142-9|page=192))</ref>))
| length        = ((Duration|m=3|s=28))
| label         = ((ubl|[[Harvest Records|Harvest]] (UK)|[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] (US)))
| writer        = ((hlist|[[Ritchie Blackmore]]|[[Ian Gillan]]|[[Roger Glover]]|[[Jon Lord]]|((nowrap|[[Ian Paice]]))))
| producer      = Deep Purple
| prev_title    = [[Hallelujah (Deep Purple song)|Hallelujah]]
| prev_year     = 1969
| next_title    = [[Strange Kind of Woman]]
| next_year     = 1971
))

"'''Black Night'''" is a song by English [[hard rock]] band [[Deep Purple]], released as a [[Single (music)|single]] in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 studio album, ''[[Deep Purple in Rock]]''. It became a hit following its release, peaking at No. 1 on UK [[New Musical Express]], [[Melody Maker]] and [[Top Pops]] charts, and remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at No. 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the second non-album single penned by the band and also reached number 6 in South Africa.<ref name=":1">((Cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)|website=rock.co.za))</ref>

==Writing process and recording==
Once ''[[Deep Purple in Rock]]'' had been completed, [[EMI Records|EMI]] asked for a single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though [[Roger Glover]] states that [[Ricky Nelson]]'s 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the [[George Gershwin]] song "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night,"<ref>((cite web |url=http://home.swipnet.se/rogerglover/text/albums.htm |year=1993 |work=Rumba Magazine |title=The Making of Black Night |access-date=2010-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604170210/http://home.swipnet.se/rogerglover/text/albums.htm |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead ))</ref> it is also similar to [[Blues Magoos]]'s 1966 psychedelic hit song "[[(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet]]."<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pcp2 |title=Deep Purple in Rock Review |work=[[BBC Music]] |first=Sid |last=Smith |date=2007-04-18|access-date=10 January 2015))</ref> In the BBC documentary ''Heavy Metal Britannia'', keyboardist [[Jon Lord]] supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano.<ref>BBC-Heavy Metal Brittania: at the 42:30 timeframe of the programme</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Black Night"
! scope="col"| Chart (1970–71)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">Australian chart peaks:

* Top 100 ([[Kent Music Report]]) singles and albums peaks to 26 June 1988: ((cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |pages=97 |author-link=David Kent (historian)))
* ARIA Chart singles and album peaks (top 50 from 26 June 1988; top 100 from January 1990) to December 2010: ((cite book |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |year=2011 |location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia))
* For "King of Dreams"((cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=Bubbling Down Under |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/10/week-commencing-29-october-1990.html |access-date=30 October 2021))</ref>
| 14
|-
! scope="row"| Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref name=":0" />
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium ([[Ultratop 50 (Flanders)|Ultratop 50]] Flanders)<ref name=":0" />
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium ([[Ultratop 50 (Wallonia)|Ultratop 50]] Wallonia)<ref name=":0" />
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref name="CAN">Canadian singles:

* ((cite magazine |title=Hush |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5854.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Kentucky Woman |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5889.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=River Deep – Mountain High |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5936.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Emmaretta |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5963.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Black Night/Speed King |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3727.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Smoke on Water |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4875.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Woman from Tokyo |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4824.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=23 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=Might Just Take Your Life |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5033b.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=26 August 2016))
* ((cite magazine |title=King of Dreams |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.9091.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=26 August 2016))</ref>
| 67
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([[Suomen virallinen latauslista|Suomen virallinen lista]])
| 34
|-
! scope="row"| Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>((Cite web |title=Top Annuali Singoli 1971 |url=https://hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1971.htm |website=Hit Parade Italia))</ref>
| 16
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands ([[Singles Top 100]])<ref name=":0" />
| 8
|-
! scope="row"| Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref name=":0" />
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref name=":1" />
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| Switzerland ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Deep Purple – Black Night |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Deep-Purple/Black-Night-164 |website=hitparade.ch))</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Chart History: Deep Purple |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deep-purple/chart-history/hsi/ |website=Billboard))</ref>
| 66
|-
! scope="row"| West Germany ([[Official German Charts]])<ref name=":0" />
| 2
|}

==Live performances==
"Black Night" made its way into the setlist soon after release, generally as the first encore.  It was not played in full after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band in 1973, but snippets were often played by Ritchie Blackmore as part of his improvisations.  On the reformation of Deep Purple in 1984, it returned as part of the main set list. There are many versions available on Deep Purple live albums.((CN|date=March 2022))

==Personnel==

=== Deep Purple ===
*[[Ian Gillan]] – vocals
*[[Ritchie Blackmore]] – guitar
*[[Roger Glover]] – bass
*[[Ian Paice]] – drums
*[[Jon Lord]] – organ

==References==
((Reflist))

===Sources===
* <cite id=refBuckley2003>((Cite book |last=Buckley |first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2003 |location=London |isbn=1-85828-201-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/rockroughguide00buck ))</cite>

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