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For the compilation album, see Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's.
1984 single by Deep Purple
"Knocking at Your Back Door"
Single by Deep Purple
from the album Perfect Strangers
B-side
"Wasted Sunsets" (US) "Perfect Strangers" (UK)
Released
December 1984 (1984-12) (US) 3 June 1985 (UK)[1]
Recorded
July–August 1984
Genre
Hard rock
Length
7:05
Label
Polydor (UK)
Mercury Records (US)
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Blackmore
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Producer(s)
Roger Glover
Deep Purple
Deep Purple singles chronology
"Perfect Strangers" (1984)
"Knocking at Your Back Door" (1984)
"Call of the Wild" (1987)
"Knocking at Your Back Door" is a song by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, the first track of the album Perfect Strangers, which was released in October 1984. The song was written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. The track received heavy airplay at the time, playing on heavy rotation. It was used by the Seattle SuperSonics in their lineup intro during home games.
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