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Single - 2. Whole Lotta Love, May 1969, Olympic Studios, London.[Atlantic Records] 7 November 1969.

Single - 2. Whole Lotta Love.

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"Whole Lotta Love"

Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album Led Zeppelin II
B-side "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Released 7 November 1969
Format 7" single
Recorded May 1969, Olympic Studios, London
Genre Heavy metal, Hard rock
Length Album Version: 5:33 Single: 5:33 (1st pressings) 3:10 (2nd pressings)
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Willie Dixon
Producer Jimmy Page
Certification Gold
Led Zeppelin singles chronology
"Good Times Bad Times" / "Communication Breakdown"
(1969)
"Whole Lotta Love" / "Living Loving Maid" (She's Just a Woman)"
(1969)
"Immigrant Song" / "Hey Hey What Can I Do"
(1970)
Alternate Cover


Led Zeppelin II track listing

"Whole Lotta Love"
(1)
"What Is and What Should Never Be"
(2)




"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the US (and Japan) as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it sold one million copies.[1] As with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the UK, but singles were released in Germany (where it reached number one), the Netherlands (where it reached number four), Belgium and France.

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 magazine 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.[2]

"Whole Lotta Love" was recorded at various studios in New York and Los Angeles during the band's second concert tour of the United States and assembled by Jimmy Page at Olympic Studios in London. Already part of their live repertoire, it saw its first official release on the LP Led Zeppelin II on 22 October 1969 (Atlantic LP #8236).

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