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Knocking at Your Back Door
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Wikipedia article
"'Knocking at Your Back Door'" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, the first track of the album 'Perfect Strangers', which was released in September 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.
Background
The song is lyrically about anal sex, as it uses various sexual innuendos throughout the song. Ian Gillan commented:
The song, released as a seven-inch single and CD single with "Perfect Strangers" on the B-side, in October 1984. In Canada, the B-side of the single was the instrumental "Son of Alerik", while in Japan, Spain and the United States a version with "Wasted Sunsets" was released.
"Knocking at Your Back Door" was a permanent part of the band's live set until 1994 and sporadically since then. Live albums that include the track are: 'Nobody's Perfect' (1988), 'In the Absence of Pink' (1991), 'Come Hell or High Water' (DVD, 1994), 'Live in Europe 1993' (2007), and 'Live at Montreux 2011' (2011)
Charts
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Nation
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan=3|1984
|rowspan=2|US
|Top Rock Tracks
|align="center"|7
|-
|'Billboard' Hot 100
|align="center"|61
|-
|UK
|Top 75 Singles
|align="center"|65
|}
References
Category:1984 songs
Category:Deep Purple songs
Category:Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore
Category:Songs written by Ian Gillan
Category:Songs written by Roger Glover
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