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{{Infobox song
|Name = Man on the Silver Mountain
| name = Man on the Silver Mountain
|Cover = Man on the silver mountian french.jpg
| cover = Man on the silver mountian french.jpg
|Artist = [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]]
| alt =
|Album = [[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]
| type = single
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| artist = [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]]
|B-side = "Snake Charmer"
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| album = [[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]
|Released = 1975
|Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| B-side = Snake Charmer
| released = September 1975
|Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[progressive rock]]
| recorded =
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|Length = 4:38
| studio =
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|Writer = [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Ronnie James Dio]]
| venue =
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|Producer = Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, [[Martin Birch]]
| genre = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA496|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|last=Buckley|first=Peter|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=496}}</ref>
*[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/g4jwn3/ritchie-blackmore-rainbow-album-facts|title='Ritchie's Blackmore's Rainbow': 40 Facts About the Classic Album
|publisher=VH1|date=August 4, 2015|access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref>
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| length = 4:38
| label =
| writer = [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Ronnie James Dio]]
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| producer = Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, [[Martin Birch]]
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"'''Man on the Silver Mountain'''" is the first single by [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] and the first track of their debut album, ''[[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]''. Written by guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]] and singer [[Ronnie James Dio]], this song is, as Dio said, "a semi-religious one, a man on the silver mountain is a kind of God figure everyone is crying out to".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=24813 |title=Man On The Silver Mountain by Rainbow |publisher=SongFacts |accessdate=11 August 2013}}</ref> This track became one of Rainbow's best-known tracks and was also a live favourite for any Dio fronted band. When Dio died and was buried in Los Angeles, the words on his grave were "The man on the silver mountain Ronnie James Dio".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=dio&GSfn=ronnie+&GSiman=1&GScid=7975&GRid=52461224& |title=Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010) |publisher=Find A Grave Memorial |accessdate=16 August 2013}}</ref>
"'''Man on the Silver Mountain'''" is a song by English-American rock band [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]], released as the first track of their 1975 debut studio album, ''[[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]''. Written by [[Ritchie Blackmore]] and [[Ronnie James Dio]], it was their debut [[Single (music)|single]].


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Brad Sanders of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that although the song's lyrics are essentially meaningless, the way that Dio sings them "sounds awesome".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/saluting-ronnie-james-dio-metals-uncool-godfather-218974|title= Saluting Ronnie James Dio, metal’s uncool godfather |last=Sanders|first=Brad|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=12 May 2015|accessdate=24 May 2016}}</ref> After Dio's death, [[Rob Halford]] performed a cover of the song and said it "captures the things I personally love in metal tracks".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-metallica-and-judas-priests-rob-halford-bow-before-dio-20140402|title=Why Metallica and Judas Priest's Rob Halford Bow Before Dio|last=Grow|first=Kory|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2 April 2014|accessdate=24 May 2016}}</ref>
Brad Sanders of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that, although the song's lyrics are essentially meaningless, the way that Dio sings them "sounds awesome".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/saluting-ronnie-james-dio-metals-uncool-godfather-218974|title= Saluting Ronnie James Dio, metal's uncool godfather |last=Sanders|first=Brad|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=12 May 2015|access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref> After Dio's death, [[Rob Halford]] performed a cover of the song and said it "captures the things I personally love in metal tracks".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-metallica-and-judas-priests-rob-halford-bow-before-dio-20140402|title=Why Metallica and Judas Priest's Rob Halford Bow Before Dio|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2 April 2014|access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Chart (1975/76)
!Peak<br/>position
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| style="text-align:center;"|Australian ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=245}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:28, 9 October 2024

"Man on the Silver Mountain"
Single by Rainbow
from the album Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
B-side"Snake Charmer"
ReleasedSeptember 1975
Genre
Length4:38
Songwriter(s)Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
Producer(s)Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Martin Birch

"Man on the Silver Mountain" is a song by English-American rock band Rainbow, released as the first track of their 1975 debut studio album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Written by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, it was their debut single.

Reception

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Brad Sanders of The A.V. Club wrote that, although the song's lyrics are essentially meaningless, the way that Dio sings them "sounds awesome".[3] After Dio's death, Rob Halford performed a cover of the song and said it "captures the things I personally love in metal tracks".[4]

Charts

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Chart (1975/76) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5] 81

References

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  1. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 496. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
  2. ^ "'Ritchie's Blackmore's Rainbow': 40 Facts About the Classic Album". VH1. August 4, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Sanders, Brad (12 May 2015). "Saluting Ronnie James Dio, metal's uncool godfather". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ^ Grow, Kory (2 April 2014). "Why Metallica and Judas Priest's Rob Halford Bow Before Dio". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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