Songs Written by Ian GillanTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Top songs: #1: Smoke on the Water - #2: Knocking at Your Back Door - #3: Perfect Strangers - #4: Call of the Wild - #5: Bad Attitude

Deep Purple

11/1971

Fireball
Deep Purple

from Fireball

87 pts

[Warner 7528]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

04/1972

Never Before
Deep Purple

from Machine Head

34 pts

[Warner 7572]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

04/1973

Woman from Tokyo
Deep Purple

from Who Do We Think We Are

11 pts

[Warner 7737]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

05/1973

#1 Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple

from Machine Head

205 pts

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #426]
[Warner 7710]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

09/1973

Woman from Tokyo
Deep Purple

from Who Do We Think We Are

18 pts

R
[Warner 7737]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

Gillan

06/1980

Sleepin' on the Job
Gillan

from Glory Road

15 pts

written by Ian Gillan

& Colin Towns

02/1981

Mutually Assured Destruction
Gillan

from Double Trouble

16 pts

written by Ian Gillan

, John McCoy, Bernie Tormé, Colin Towns & Mick Underwood

01/1982

Restless
Gillan

from Double Trouble

25 pts

written by Ian Gillan

& John McCoy

Deep Purple

11/1984

#2 Knocking at Your Back Door
Deep Purple

from Perfect Strangers

137 pts

rock

[Mercury 880477]
written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

& Roger Glover

10.

11/1984

#3 Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple

from Perfect Strangers

100 pts

rock

written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

& Roger Glover

11.

02/1985

Nobody's Home
Deep Purple

from Perfect Strangers

60 pts

rock

written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice

12.

01/1987

#5 Bad Attitude
Deep Purple

from The House of Blue Light

88 pts

rock

written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan

, Roger Glover & Jon Lord

13.

02/1987

#4 Call of the Wild
Deep Purple

from The House of Blue Light

92 pts

rock

written by Ian Gillan

, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover & Jon Lord

Ian Gillan & Roger Glover

14.

10/1988

Telephone Box
Ian Gillan & Roger Glover

from Accidentally on Purpose

78 pts

rock

written by Ian Gillan

& Roger Glover

Deep Purple

15.

08/1993

The Battle Rages On
Deep Purple

from The Battle Rages On

50 pts

rock

written by Ian Gillan

, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice