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'{{Infobox song | name = Man on the Silver Mountain | cover = Man on the silver mountian french.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] | album = [[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]] | B-side = Snake Charmer | released = September 1975 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]] *[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PP506|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|last=Buckley|first=Peter|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=496}}</ref> | length = 4:38 | label = | writer = [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Ronnie James Dio]] | producer = Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, [[Martin Birch]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''Man on the Silver Mountain'''" is the debut single by [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] and the first track of their debut album, ''[[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]'', written by guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]] and vocalist [[Ronnie James Dio]]. == 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=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|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2 April 2014|accessdate=24 May 2016}}</ref> ==Charts== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1975/76) !Peak<br/>position |- | 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== {{reflist}} {{Rainbow (rock band)}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1975 debut singles]] [[Category:1975 songs]] [[Category:Rainbow (rock band) songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore]] [[Category:Songs written by Ronnie James Dio]]'