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"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
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)

"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. The song was released as a single in February 1987, and made it onto the UK Singles Chart at No. 92.

Personnel

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Roger Glover – bass
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums

References

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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