Songs Similar to Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
Rock · Energetic
“Smoke on the Water” is a rock track by Deep Purple. On SongSimilar it sits in our Rock collection and is tagged energetic, so the matches below lean toward that same feel.
The closest match right now is “Highway Star” by Deep Purple (100% match). The list also pulls in Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rainbow and Aerosmith — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Deep Purple's. By genre, the list is mostly rock (15 of 20 tracks), with pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Smoke on the Water”
What songs are similar to Smoke on the Water?
On our list, the closest matches are “Highway Star” by Deep Purple, “Lazy” by Deep Purple and “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Smoke on the Water sound like?
Based on listening data, “Smoke on the Water” sits closest to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Rainbow. Fans of Deep Purple play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Smoke on the Water Rock?
We file “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple under Rock. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Smoke on the Water?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Smoke on the Water” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.