Whole Lotta Love

"Whole Lotta Love"
"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)"
Released	7 November 1969
Recorded	14–19 April 1969, 28–30 April 1969
Studio	Olympic, London; A&M, Hollywood
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal; blues rock;
Length	5:33
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	John Bonham; Willie Dixon; John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page; Robert Plant;
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology

"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by the English 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.^[8] 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.

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.^[2] In 2014, listeners to BBC Radio 2 voted "Whole Lotta Love" as containing the greatest guitar riff of all time.^[9]

^ ^a ^b Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 108.
^ ^a ^b Winistorfer, Andrew (5 January 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ Valdez, Stephen K. (2006). A History of Rock Music. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7575-3379-2.
^ Lewis 1990, pp. 47–48.
^ "Led Zeppelin Biography". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ Breihan, Tom (15 November 2022). "Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 175.
^ "Whole Lotta Love" / "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" (Single notes). Led Zeppelin. New York City: Atlantic Records. 1969. A-side label. 45-2690.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Radio 2's Greatest Guitar Riffs". BBC Radio 2. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

[FOOTNOTEGuesdonMargotin2018108-1] Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 108.

[VH1-2] Winistorfer, Andrew (5 January 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[3] Valdez, Stephen K. (2006). A History of Rock Music. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7575-3379-2.

[FOOTNOTELewis199047–48-4] Lewis 1990, pp. 47–48.

[5] "Led Zeppelin Biography". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[Number_Ones_2022-6] Breihan, Tom (15 November 2022). "Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 175.

[7] "Whole Lotta Love" / "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" (Single notes). Led Zeppelin. New York City: Atlantic Records. 1969. A-side label. 45-2690.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[RIAA-8] Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Radio2-9] "Radio 2's Greatest Guitar Riffs". BBC Radio 2. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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