Deep Purple: "Hush"

"Hush" (Joe South; Lowry Music Ltd.). [4:23]

Deep Purple. Rod Evans (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Paice (drums), Jon Lord (organ), and Nick Simper (bass)

Recorded 11 May 1968 at Pye Recording Studios, London.

Released as Parlophone R 5708, 21 June 1968. Reaches #4 on Billboard charts in the US.

Released on Shades of Deep Purple [Parlophone PCS 7055] September 1968

Produced by Derek Lawrence with Barry Ainsworth (engineer)

Section		M	Time	Description	Text
	Intro	4 + 8	0:00	After a recording of canine howls in the distance, the ensemble begins by setting the groove.	—
A	Refrain	8		group singing always repeated twice with guitar fills	a
B	Verse	4		solo vocal	b
A	Refrain	8		as in refrain above	a
C	Chorus	8		Responsorial singing with the same musical material as the verse, but extended	c
D	Bridge	4 + 2		Responsorial	d
B	Verse	4		as in verse above	e
A	Refrain	4 + 4		as in refrains above	a
C	Chorus	8		responsorial singing	c
D	Bridge	4		as in bridge above	d
B	Verse	31		extended organ solo (two performances combined)	—
A	Refrain	4 + 4		as in refrains above	a
	Coda	4		Refrain material metrically augmented	a

Lyrics
Na, na na na, na na na, na na na...	a
I got a certain little girl, she's on my mind. No doubt about it, she looks so fine. The best girl that I ever had, but she gonna make feel so bad, yeah, make me feel so bad.	b
Hush, hush. I thought I heard her calling my name now. Hush, hush. She broke my heart but I love her just the same now Hush, hush. Thought I heard her calling my name now. Hush, hush. I need her loving and I'm not to blame now.	c
(Love, love) They got it early in the morning. (Love, love) They got it late in the evening. (Love, love) Well, I want that, need it. (Love, love) Oh, I gotta gotta have it.	d
She's got loving like quicksand. Only took one touch of her hand. To blow my mind and I'm in so deep. That I can't eat and I can't sleep.	e