‘Smoke on the Water’ by Deep Purple peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 28 1973)

(Saturday, July 28, 1973) — “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.

In 2004, the song was ranked number 434 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.