SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER

Song Information

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition/Lyrics: Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Load, Paice
Arrangement/Guitars/Bass/Keyboards & Drum Programming: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Vocals: Brad Holmes
Recording Engineer: Masami Kenmoku(Qtec), Miho Toyoda
Original Artist: Deep Purple
Album: Machine Head (1972)
BPM: 115
Length: 1:36
Genre: HARD ROCK
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Lyrics are from the full version of SMOKE ON THE WATER. Only the first set of lyrics appear in the GuitarFreaks cover of the song, along with an additional bit highlighred with a *. Lyrics taken from here: [1]

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water (a fire in the sky)
Smoke on the water
*A fire in the sky

They burned down the gamblin' house,
It died with an awful sound
and Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water (a fire in the sky)
Smoke on the water

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water (a fire in the sky)
Smoke on the water

Song Connections / Remixes

• A loose, licensed cover of Smoke on the Water, SMOKE, appears in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX.
• A cover of another song by Deep Purple, HIGHWAY STAR, also appears in GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX.
• Smoke on the Water also appears in Guitar Hero. Like the GuitarFreaks version, it is a cover.

Trivia

• Smoke on the Water was later released as a single in 1973, with the B-side being the live version of this song from their album Made in Japan.
• SMOKE ON THE WATER is the only license in GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX not arranged by Qtec.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Drums			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	-	-	-	?	?	-	?	?	-	-	-	-
GF3→GF4	-	-	-	3	5	-	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF3/dm2 CS	-	-	-	3	5	-	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-