Mandrake Root
| "Mandrake Root" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Deep Purple | |
| from the album Shades of Deep Purple | |
| Released | July 1968 |
| Recorded | 11–13 May 1968 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 6:09 |
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Tetragrammaton (United States) |
| Songwriter(s) | Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Jon Lord |
| Producer(s) | Derek Lawrence |
"Mandrake Root" is a song by Deep Purple that is featured on their debut album Shades of Deep Purple. The title is in reference to the mandrake plant, but is also the name of a pre-Purple band that Blackmore was trying to form in Germany when he got the call from Deep Purple's original management.