Whole Lotta Love

“Whole Lotta Love”
Single by Led Zeppelin from the album Led Zeppelin II
B-side	"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Released	October 22, 1969
Format	7" single: US, Japan, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany CD single
Recorded	May 1969, Olympic Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	Album Version: 5:33 Single: 5:33 (1st pressings) 3:10 (2nd pressings)
Label	Atlantic Records
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)
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Led Zeppelin II track listing
"Whole Lotta Love" (1) "What Is and What Should Never Be" (2)
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"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. In common with other Led Zeppelin songs no UK single was released but singles were released in Germany (where it reached number 1), Holland, Belgium and France. In 2004, the song was ranked #75 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Whole Lotta Love" at number 3 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks and it placed 11 on a similar list by Rolling Stone. It is also the last track the band ever played as whole.

It 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 October 22, 1969 (Atlantic LP #8236).