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Whole Lotta Love

November 23, 2023

"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became their first hit and was certified gold.[6] Parts of the song's lyrics were adapted from Willie Dixon's "You Need Love", recorded by Muddy Waters in 1962; originally uncredited to Dixon, a lawsuit in 1985 was settled with a payment to Dixon and credit on subsequent releases.

"Whole Lotta Love"
French single picture sleeve
Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album Led Zeppelin II
B-side"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Released7 November 1969 (1969-11-07)
StudioOlympic, London
Genre
Length5:33[5]
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology
"Good Times Bad Times"
(1969) 		"Whole Lotta Love"
(1969) 		"Immigrant Song"
(1970)

In 2004, the song was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in March 2005, Q placed "Whole Lotta Love" at number three in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It was placed 11 on a similar list by Rolling Stone. In 2009 it was named the third greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[1] In 2014, listeners to BBC Radio 2 voted "Whole Lotta Love" as containing the greatest guitar riff of all time.[7]

Composition and recording edit

 
"Whole Lotta Love"
Sample with guitar riff

Jimmy Page came up with the guitar riff for "Whole Lotta Love" in the summer of 1968, on his houseboat on the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England.[8] However, John Paul Jones stated that it probably was developed from a live improvisation during performances of "Dazed and Confused".[9] Page denied that the song originated onstage and that he had the riff and the rest took it from there.[10]

Notation for the song indicates the key of E major and a tempo of 92 beats per minute[11] in a compound AABA form.[12] During the two day mix of the Led Zeppelin II album, audio engineer Eddie Kramer discovered that some bleedthrough occurred on Plant's vocals on the "Whole Lotta Love" track, which could not be removed, so he put some echo on it, and Page liked the sound.[13] Page also employed a backwards echo production technique.[14]

Release edit

On 7 November 1969, "Whole Lotta Love" was released as a single in several countries, with "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" as the B-side.[15] In the US, Atlantic provided an edited 3:12 version as the flipside for radio stations.[14][16] Billboard described the single as a "powerful, commercial swinger that should have no trouble putting [Led Zeppelin] up the Hot 100."[17] Cash Box described it as "a mixture of rock and blues with special production touches and a rousing lead vocal performance."[18] In the UK, Atlantic Records expected to issue an edited version, and pressed initial copies for release on 5 December 1969, but this was cancelled by request of manager Peter Grant.[14]

Similarities to "You Need Love" edit

Main article: You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)

In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded a blues vocal, "You Need Love", for Chess Records.[19] As he had done with "You Shook Me", Waters overdubbed vocals on an instrumental track previously recorded by blues guitarist Earl Hooker and his band.[19] Willie Dixon wrote the lyrics, which Dixon biographer Mitsutoshi Inaba describes as being "about the necessity of love":

You've got yearnin' and I got burnin'
Baby you look so, ho, sweet and cunnin'
Baby way down inside, woman you need love
Woman you need love, you've got to have some love
I'm gon' give you some love, I know you need love[19]

In 1966, the British band Small Faces recorded the song as "You Need Loving" for their eponymous debut Decca album. According to Steve Marriott, the group's vocalist and guitarist, Page and Plant attended several Small Faces gigs, where they expressed their interest in the song.[20] Plant's phrasing is particularly similar to that of Marriott's, who added "he [Plant] sang it the same, phrased it the same, even the stops at the end were the same".[20] Similarities with "You Need Love" led to a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin in 1985, settled out of court in favour of Dixon for an undisclosed amount.[14] On subsequent releases, Dixon's name is included on the credits for "Whole Lotta Love".[21] Plant explained in an interview with Musician:

Page's riff was Page's riff. It was there before anything else. I just thought, 'well, what am I going to sing?' That was it, a nick. Now happily paid for. At the time, there was a lot of conversation about what to do. It was decided that it was so far away in time and influence that ... well, you only get caught when you're successful. That's the game.[22]

Accolades edit

Accolades
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Spin US "100 Greatest Singles of All Time"[23] 1989 39
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"[24] 1994 *
Classic Rock UK "Ten of the Best Songs Ever!.. (Bubbling under)"[25] 1999 30
Rolling Stone US "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[26] 2003 75
Q UK "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever"[27] 2005 3
Toby Creswell Australia "1001 Songs: the Great Songs of All Time"[28] 2005 *
Grammy Awards US "Grammy Hall of Fame Award"[29] 2007 *
Rolling Stone US "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time"[30] 2008 11
VH1 US "The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time"[31] 2009 46
VH1 US "VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs"[1] 2009 3
BBC Radio 2 UK "Radio 2's Top 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs"[7] 2014 1
Rolling Stone US "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[32] 2021 128

(*) designates unordered lists.

Charts edit

The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 22 November 1969. It remained on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at number four and becoming the band's only top-10 single in the US.[33]

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany — 400,000[69]
Italy (FIMI)[70] Platinum 50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[71] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Performances edit

Led Zeppelin first performed "Whole Lotta Love" on 26 April 1969. Other live versions were released officially:

"Whole Lotta Love" was the last song Led Zeppelin played live. It was, however, performed again at the band's reunions at Live Aid in 1985 (with drummers Phil Collins and Tony Thompson), at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert in 1988, and at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena, London, on 10 December 2007 (both with drummer Jason Bonham).[76]

In 2008, a reworked version by Jimmy Page on guitar, with Leona Lewis on vocals, was performed in the "London 2012" presentation during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Both Lewis and the organisers requested that some of the lyrics be changed, notably "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love". Lewis felt that the line made little sense coming from a female singer.[77]

Cover versions edit

"Whole Lotta Love" has been recorded by several artists. Versions that reached the record charts include:

  • 1970 – CCS (or C.C.S.) recorded a mainly instrumental rendition with a flute playing the melody.[78] Billboard described their version as a "blockbuster instrumental treatment of the Led Zeppelin hit",[79] while Nick Coleman of The Independent thought that the cover "succeeded in ameliorating the tune's sexual specificity without stripping it of its rutty throb".[78] Released as a single on the RAK label, it reached number 13 on the UK singles chart in November 1970;[80] number 26 in Belgium (Flanders);[81] number 37 on the RPM 100 Singles in Canada;[82] number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100;[83] and number 58 on the US Cash Box Top 100 Singles.[84] The UK music variety television programme Top of the Pops used brief versions by CCS members and others as its intro theme music at different times over the years.[20][85]
  • 1971 – King Curtis and the Kingpins recorded an instrumental version with the melody line performed on saxophone. Atco Records released it as a single in the US, where it reached number 64 on the Hot 100 and number 43 on the R&B chart.[86] A live version, recorded at the Fillmore West, is included on Curtis' 1971 live album Live at Fillmore West.[87]
  • 1975 – Tina Turner on her 1975 album Acid Queen. Released by United Artists Records, her version reached number 61 on the Billboard R&B chart[88] and number 45 on the Record World R&B chart.[89]
  • 1996 – British band Goldbug, including a sample of "Asteroid" (the Pearl & Dean advertising music).[90] It reached number three in the UK singles chart,[91] number 24 in Ireland,[92] and number 9 in the Netherlands.[93] In 2000, band member Richard Walmsley sued his former label Acid Jazz over unpaid royalties relating to the song.[94] Walmsley received thousands of pounds following the battle.[95]

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External links edit

  • "Whole Lotta Love " (official video) on YouTube
  • "Whole Lotta Love" (remaster) on YouTube

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Whole Lotta Love is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin It is the opening track on the band s second album Led Zeppelin II and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries as with other Led Zeppelin songs no single was released in the United Kingdom In the United States it became their first hit and was certified gold 6 Parts of the song s lyrics were adapted from Willie Dixon s You Need Love recorded by Muddy Waters in 1962 originally uncredited to Dixon a lawsuit in 1985 was settled with a payment to Dixon and credit on subsequent releases Whole Lotta Love French single picture sleeveSingle by Led Zeppelinfrom the album Led Zeppelin IIB side Living Loving Maid She s Just a Woman Released7 November 1969 1969 11 07 StudioOlympic LondonGenreHard rock 1 2 heavy metal 3 blues rock 4 Length5 33 5 LabelAtlanticSongwriter s John Bonham Willie Dixon John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert PlantProducer s Jimmy PageLed Zeppelin singles chronology Good Times Bad Times 1969 Whole Lotta Love 1969 Immigrant Song 1970 In 2004 the song was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and in March 2005 Q placed Whole Lotta Love at number three in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks It was placed 11 on a similar list by Rolling Stone In 2009 it was named the third greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 1 In 2014 listeners to BBC Radio 2 voted Whole Lotta Love as containing the greatest guitar riff of all time 7 Contents 1 Composition and recording 2 Release 3 Similarities to You Need Love 4 Accolades 5 Charts 5 1 Original release 5 2 Single digital download 5 3 Year end charts 6 Certifications 7 Performances 8 Cover versions 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksComposition and recording edit nbsp Whole Lotta Love source source Sample with guitar riff Jimmy Page came up with the guitar riff for Whole Lotta Love in the summer of 1968 on his houseboat on the River Thames at Pangbourne Berkshire England 8 However John Paul Jones stated that it probably was developed from a live improvisation during performances of Dazed and Confused 9 Page denied that the song originated onstage and that he had the riff and the rest took it from there 10 Notation for the song indicates the key of E major and a tempo of 92 beats per minute 11 in a compound AABA form 12 During the two day mix of the Led Zeppelin II album audio engineer Eddie Kramer discovered that some bleedthrough occurred on Plant s vocals on the Whole Lotta Love track which could not be removed so he put some echo on it and Page liked the sound 13 Page also employed a backwards echo production technique 14 Release editOn 7 November 1969 Whole Lotta Love was released as a single in several countries with Living Loving Maid She s Just a Woman as the B side 15 In the US Atlantic provided an edited 3 12 version as the flipside for radio stations 14 16 Billboard described the single as a powerful commercial swinger that should have no trouble putting Led Zeppelin up the Hot 100 17 Cash Box described it as a mixture of rock and blues with special production touches and a rousing lead vocal performance 18 In the UK Atlantic Records expected to issue an edited version and pressed initial copies for release on 5 December 1969 but this was cancelled by request of manager Peter Grant 14 Similarities to You Need Love editMain article You Need Love Muddy Waters song In 1962 Muddy Waters recorded a blues vocal You Need Love for Chess Records 19 As he had done with You Shook Me Waters overdubbed vocals on an instrumental track previously recorded by blues guitarist Earl Hooker and his band 19 Willie Dixon wrote the lyrics which Dixon biographer Mitsutoshi Inaba describes as being about the necessity of love You ve got yearnin and I got burnin Baby you look so ho sweet and cunnin Baby way down inside woman you need love Woman you need love you ve got to have some love I m gon give you some love I know you need love 19 In 1966 the British band Small Faces recorded the song as You Need Loving for their eponymous debut Decca album According to Steve Marriott the group s vocalist and guitarist Page and Plant attended several Small Faces gigs where they expressed their interest in the song 20 Plant s phrasing is particularly similar to that of Marriott s who added he Plant sang it the same phrased it the same even the stops at the end were the same 20 Similarities with You Need Love led to a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin in 1985 settled out of court in favour of Dixon for an undisclosed amount 14 On subsequent releases Dixon s name is included on the credits for Whole Lotta Love 21 Plant explained in an interview with Musician Page s riff was Page s riff It was there before anything else I just thought well what am I going to sing That was it a nick Now happily paid for At the time there was a lot of conversation about what to do It was decided that it was so far away in time and influence that well you only get caught when you re successful That s the game 22 Accolades editAccolades Publication Country Accolade Year RankSpin US 100 Greatest Singles of All Time 23 1989 39Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll 24 1994 Classic Rock UK Ten of the Best Songs Ever Bubbling under 25 1999 30Rolling Stone US The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 26 2003 75Q UK 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever 27 2005 3Toby Creswell Australia 1001 Songs the Great Songs of All Time 28 2005 Grammy Awards US Grammy Hall of Fame Award 29 2007 Rolling Stone US 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time 30 2008 11VH1 US The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time 31 2009 46VH1 US VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs 1 2009 3BBC Radio 2 UK Radio 2 s Top 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs 7 2014 1Rolling Stone US The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 32 2021 128 designates unordered lists Charts editThe single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 22 November 1969 It remained on the chart for 15 weeks peaking at number four and becoming the band s only top 10 single in the US 33 Original release edit Chart 1969 1970 PeakpositionAustralia Go Set National Top 40 34 1Australia Kent Music Report 35 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 36 3Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 37 2Canada Top Singles RPM 38 2Denmark Tipparaden 39 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 40 7Netherlands Dutch Top 40 41 4Netherlands Single Top 100 42 5New Zealand RIANZ 43 4South Africa Springbok Radio 44 6Spanish Singles Chart 45 4Sweden Tio i Topp 46 9Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 47 5US Billboard Hot 100 33 4US Cash Box 48 2US Record World 49 4West Germany Official German Charts 50 1Chart 1997 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 51 52Scotland OCC 52 15UK Singles OCC 53 21UK Rock amp Metal OCC 54 1Single digital download edit Year Chart Peakposition2007 Canada Hot Canadian Digital Singles 55 49Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 47 57UK Singles OCC 56 642010 Belgium Ultratop 30 Back Catalogue Singles Wallonia 57 182012 Belgium Ultratop 50 Back Catalogue Singles Flanders 58 432013 France SNEP 59 522014 France SNEP 59 151Note The official UK Singles Chart incorporated legal downloads as of 17 April 2005 Year end charts edit Chart 1970 PositionAustralia Go Set Top 40 60 18Australia Kent Music Report 61 11Austria O3 Austria Top 40 62 10Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 63 65Canada Top Singles RPM 64 23Netherlands Dutch Top 40 65 28Netherlands Single Top 100 66 27US Cash Box 67 54West Germany Official German Charts 68 17Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesGermany 400 000 69 Italy FIMI 70 Platinum 50 000 United Kingdom BPI 71 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 6 Gold 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Performances editLed Zeppelin first performed Whole Lotta Love on 26 April 1969 Other live versions were released officially The Song Remains the Same 28 September 1976 from a 1973 concert and movie soundtrack 72 Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 11 November 1997 from a 1971 concert 73 How the West Was Won 27 May 2003 from a 1972 concert 74 Led Zeppelin DVD 2003 from a 1979 and a 1970 concert 75 Whole Lotta Love was the last song Led Zeppelin played live It was however performed again at the band s reunions at Live Aid in 1985 with drummers Phil Collins and Tony Thompson at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert in 1988 and at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena London on 10 December 2007 both with drummer Jason Bonham 76 In 2008 a reworked version by Jimmy Page on guitar with Leona Lewis on vocals was performed in the London 2012 presentation during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Both Lewis and the organisers requested that some of the lyrics be changed notably I m gonna give you every inch of my love Lewis felt that the line made little sense coming from a female singer 77 Cover versions edit Whole Lotta Love has been recorded by several artists Versions that reached the record charts include 1970 CCS or C C S recorded a mainly instrumental rendition with a flute playing the melody 78 Billboard described their version as a blockbuster instrumental treatment of the Led Zeppelin hit 79 while Nick Coleman of The Independent thought that the cover succeeded in ameliorating the tune s sexual specificity without stripping it of its rutty throb 78 Released as a single on the RAK label it reached number 13 on the UK singles chart in November 1970 80 number 26 in Belgium Flanders 81 number 37 on the RPM 100 Singles in Canada 82 number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 83 and number 58 on the US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 84 The UK music variety television programme Top of the Pops used brief versions by CCS members and others as its intro theme music at different times over the years 20 85 1971 King Curtis and the Kingpins recorded an instrumental version with the melody line performed on saxophone Atco Records released it as a single in the US where it reached number 64 on the Hot 100 and number 43 on the R amp B chart 86 A live version recorded at the Fillmore West is included on Curtis 1971 live album Live at Fillmore West 87 1975 Tina Turner on her 1975 album Acid Queen Released by United Artists Records her version reached number 61 on the Billboard R amp B chart 88 and number 45 on the Record World R amp B chart 89 1996 British band Goldbug including a sample of Asteroid the Pearl amp Dean advertising music 90 It reached number three in the UK singles chart 91 number 24 in Ireland 92 and number 9 in the Netherlands 93 In 2000 band member Richard Walmsley sued his former label Acid Jazz over unpaid royalties relating to the song 94 Walmsley received thousands of pounds following the battle 95 See also editList of number one singles in Australia during the 1970s List of number one hits of 1970 Germany List of Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by othersReferences edit a b c Winistorfer Andrew 5 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