Call of the Wild (song)

This article is about the Deep Purple song. For other songs, see Call of the Wild (disambiguation).

1987 single by Deep Purple

"Call of the Wild"

Single by Deep Purple
from the album  The House of Blue Light
B-side|

* "Strangeways" (UK)
* "Dead or Alive" (US)

Released| 9 February 1987[1]
Genre| Hard rock
Length| 4:50
Label| Polydor
Songwriter(s)|

* Ian Gillan
* Ritchie Blackmore
* Roger Glover
* Jon Lord

Producer(s)|

* Roger Glover
* Deep Purple

Deep Purple singles chronology
| "Knocking at Your Back Door/Perfect Strangers"
(1985)  | "Call of the Wild"
(1987)  | "Hush (re-recorded version)"
(1988)

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"Call of the Wild" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple. It appeared as the third track on their 1987 album The House of Blue Light.[2] The song was released as a single in February 1987, and made it onto the UK Singles Chart at No. 92\.

## Personnel

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* Ian Gillan – vocals
* Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
* Roger Glover – bass
* Jon Lord – keyboards
* Ian Paice – drums

## References

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1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 194\. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.

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* Ian Paice
* Roger Glover
* Ian Gillan
* Don Airey
* Simon McBride

* Jon Lord
* Ritchie Blackmore
* Rod Evans
* Nick Simper
* David Coverdale
* Glenn Hughes
* Tommy Bolin
* Joe Lynn Turner
* Joe Satriani
* Steve Morse

Studio albums|

* Shades of Deep Purple
* The Book of Taliesyn
* Deep Purple
* Deep Purple in Rock
* Fireball
* Machine Head
* Who Do We Think We Are
* Burn
* Stormbringer
* Come Taste the Band
* Perfect Strangers
* The House of Blue Light
* Slaves and Masters
* The Battle Rages On...
* Purpendicular
* Abandon
* Bananas
* Rapture of the Deep
* Now What?!
* Infinite
* Whoosh!
* Turning to Crime
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Live albums|

* Concerto for Group and Orchestra
* Made in Japan
* Made in Europe
* Last Concert in Japan
* Deep Purple in Concert
* Live in London
* Nobody's Perfect
* Scandinavian Nights
* In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85
* Gemini Suite Live
* Come Hell or High Water
* King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert
* California Jamming
* Mk III: The Final Concerts
* Live at The Olympia '96
* Total Abandon: Australia '99
* In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
* Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
* This Time Around: Live in Tokyo
* Live in Paris 1975
* Inglewood: Live in California
* Perks and Tit
* Live in Europe 1993
* Live at Montreux 1996
* Live in Montreux 69
* Live in Denmark 1972
* Live at Montreux 2006: They All Came Down to Montreux
* Live at Montreux 2011
* Phoenix Rising
* Live in Verona

Compilation albums|

* Purple Passages
* Mark I & II
* 24 Carat Purple
* Powerhouse
* The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
* When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
* The Mark II Purple Singles
* Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
* The Anthology
* Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
* Smoke on the Water: The Best Of
* 30: Very Best of Deep Purple
* The Very Best of Deep Purple
* Days May Come and Days May Go
* Smoke on the Water & Other Hits
* The Soundboard Series
* Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
* The Early Years
* The Platinum Collection
* BBC Sessions 1968–1970

Box Sets|

* Shades 1968–1998
* Listen, Learn, Read On
* Machine Head (2012 Box Set)
* Made in Japan (2014 Box Set)

Singles|

* "Hush"
* "Kentucky Woman"
* "River Deep – Mountain High"
* "Hallelujah"
* "Black Night"
* "Strange Kind of Woman"
* "Fireball"
* "Never Before"
* "Highway Star"
* "Smoke on the Water"
* "Woman from Tokyo"
* "Burn"
* "Perfect Strangers"
* "Knocking at Your Back Door"
* "Call of the Wild"
* "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"
* "Vincent Price"

Other songs|

* "Mandrake Root"
* "Child in Time"
* "The Mule"
* "Space Truckin'"
* "Maybe I'm a Leo"
* "When a Blind Man Cries"
* "Mistreated"
* "Soldier of Fortune"
* "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"

Video albums|

* Concerto for Group and Orchestra
* Live in California 74
* Deep Purple Rises Over Japan
* Come Hell or High Water
* Live at Montreux 1996
* Total Abandon: Australia '99
* In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
* Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head
* Live in Concert 72/73
* Live at Montreux 2006
* Around the World Live
* History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76
* Phoenix Rising
* Live at Montreux 2011
* Live in Verona

Concert tours|

* Deep Purple European Tour
* Rapture of the Deep tour
* The Songs That Built Rock Tour
* The Long Goodbye Tour

Related bands|

* The Artwoods
* The Outlaws
* The Flower Pot Men
* Episode Six
* Trapeze
* Zephyr
* James Gang
* Dixie Dregs
* Captain Beyond
* Warhorse
* Ian Gillan Band
* Gillan
* Rainbow
* Blackmore's Night
* Whitesnake
* Coverdale–Page
* Paice Ashton Lord
* Black Sabbath
* Gary Moore
* Yngwie Malmsteen
* Hughes Turner Project
* Living Loud
* WhoCares
* Black Country Communion

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* Discography
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* Purple Records
* Funky Junction
* Deep Purple Tribute
* Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head
* The Purple Album
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* Green Bullfrog
* Bogus Deep Purple

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