[1] It was featured on Glover's solo album The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast and the single – released in the UK on 8 November 1974 – was a number one-hit in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The song was notable for its music video, which featured an animated cartoon starring a lute-playing frog.
[1][2] In 1973 Roger Glover left Deep Purple because of work pressure and tensions between him and Ritchie Blackmore.
[2] However, because Lord was too busy with Deep Purple, Glover decided to make it into a concept album recorded by himself and musicians like Glenn Hughes, David Coverdale, John Lawton and Ronnie James Dio.
[1] Those random airings, together with the psychedelic tone of the clip and the lack of subtitles, made it very popular amongst young viewers.