"Hallelujah" is a song by English hard rock group Deep Purple, released in 1969.
It is the first single to feature singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover and released in-between their 1969 eponymous album and the live Concerto for Group and Orchestra.
At the time, Glover had not yet joined the band and played on the track as a session musician.
[4] Deep Purple's cover version flopped, despite TV appearances to promote the record in the UK.
[5] Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore told the Record Mirror that the new band "need to have a commercial record in Britain", and described the song as "an in-between sort of thing"—a median between what the band would normally make but with an added commercial motive.