Single:
Woman from Tokyo entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 July 1973 and peaked at #92.
Album:
The song is on Who Do We Think We Are which entered the Australian albums chart* on 19 March 1973 and peaked at #5.
Songwriters:
Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Producers:
Deep Purple
Record label of Australian release:
Purple
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Live at Montreux, 1996:
Songfacts:
Deep Purple started recording their Who Do We Think We Are album in Rome in July 1972. At this point, the band had yet to tour Japan, but they had three shows scheduled there for August. Drawing on Japanese imagery (“the rising sun,” “an Eastern dream”), they concocted a story of a lovely lady from that country who drives them wild.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/deep-purple/woman-from-tokyo
Lyrics:
Fly into the rising sun,
Faces, smiling everyone
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition
I feel it in my heart
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She′s so good to me
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