"Space Truckin'" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the seventh and final track on the Machine Head album and its lyrics talk of space travel.
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore claims in Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head that the song composition started with the half-step riffs in the refrain, which were inspired by the theme music for the Batman TV programme composed by Neal Hefti. Blackmore asked singer Ian Gillan if he could write any lyrics over the riff, and the rest of the song evolved from there.
Lyrics
Well we had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
We're meeting all the groovy people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealis
We're space truckin' 'round the stars
Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'
Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' 'round the stars
Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'
The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah yeah yeah yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around with Borealis
They're Space Truckin' everyday
Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'
Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
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