<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> `` Smoke on the Water '' </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Cover of the 1973 German single </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Single by Deep Purple </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> from the album Machine Head </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> `` Smoke on the Water '' ( live ) ( From Made in Japan ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> May 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7 '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> December 1971 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hard rock </Li> <Li> heavy metal </Li> </Ul> blues rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 5 : 41 ( album version ) 3 : 54 ( single version ) 6 : 15 ( Roger Glover remix ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> EMI ( UK ) Warner . Bros ( U.S. ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ritchie Blackmore </Li> <Li> Ian Gillan </Li> <Li> Roger Glover </Li> <Li> Jon Lord </Li> <Li> Ian Paice </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Deep Purple </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Deep Purple singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> `` Never Before '' ( 1972 ) </Td> <Td> `` Smoke on the Water '' ( 1973 ) </Td> <Td> `` Woman from Tokyo '' ( 1973 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> `` Never Before '' ( 1972 ) </Td> <Td> `` Smoke on the Water '' ( 1973 ) </Td> <Td> `` Woman from Tokyo '' ( 1973 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Audio sample </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Machine Head track listing </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 8 tracks <Ol> <Li> `` Highway Star '' </Li> <Li> `` Maybe I 'm a Leo '' </Li> <Li> `` Pictures of Home '' </Li> <Li> `` Never Before '' </Li> <Li> `` Smoke on the Water '' </Li> <Li> `` Lazy '' </Li> <Li> `` Space Truckin ' '' </Li> <Li> `` When a Blind Man Cries '' </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who wrote the song smoke on the water
Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice