Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple song)

Infobox Single
Name = Perfect Strangers


Artist = Deep Purple
from Album = Perfect Strangers
B-side = "Son of Alerik"
Released = 1985
Format = 7"
Recorded = August, 1984
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 5:23
Label = Polydor (UK) Mercury Records (US)
Writer = Ian Gillan
Ritchie Blackmore
Roger Glover
Producer = Roger Glover
Deep Purple
Certification =
Chart position = * #48 (UK)
Last single = "Knocking at Your Back Door"
(1985)
This single = "Perfect Strangers"
(1985)
Next single = "Knocking at Your Back Door"/"Perfect Strangers"
(1985)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Perfect Strangers
Type = studio
prev_track = "Mean Streak"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Perfect Strangers"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Gypsy's Kiss"
next_no = 6

"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 album Perfect Strangers.
The words tell of the sorrow of remaining "perfect strangers" after a relationship with another person.

Covers

*The song was notably covered by the USA progressive metal band Dream Theater in their 1995 album A Change of Seasons.
*The song was used by Shane Douglas as his theme song in ECW. In WCW and TNA he used an instrumental version of the song due to copyright issues.
*This song was also used by Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko after they joined Shane Douglas' stable, the Triple Threat.
*The song was covered by Japanese band nil in their album "The Covering Inferno".
*The Song was covered by Jorn on their Unlocking The Past 2007 album.

Trivia

*Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas, used this as his entrance music for most of his run in ECW.
*Sometimes in concerts during the 80s, the song was introduced as "Perfect Street Rangers" by vocalist Ian Gillan.
*It is one of the few Deep Purple songs to not feature a guitar solo.
*On the original studio version, the song ends with a fade out. However, in concerts, the band would end it with the added-in line "I don't want to taste your poison....", a throwback to a line vocalist Ian Gillan sang in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Credits

*Ian Gillan - vocals
*Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
*Roger Glover - bass
*Jon Lord - organ
*Ian Paice - drums