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"Going to California" is a ballad recorded by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on their untitled fourth album in 1971. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked "Going to California" number 11 on their list of the 40 greatest Led Zeppelin songs of all time.
In their first year, Led Zeppelin completed four US and four UK concert tours, and also released their second album, Led Zeppelin II. Recorded mostly on the road at various North American studios, it was an even greater commercial success than their first album and reached the number one chart position in the US and the UK. [ 32 ]
[3] [4] Because of the unique phrasing of the song's title, "25 or 6 to 4" has been interpreted to mean everything from a quantity of illicit drugs to the name of a famous person in code. [5] The song's opening guitar riff has been compared to chord progressions and riffs in other songs. In the opinion of writer Melissa Locker:
Clockwise, from top left: Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who recorded 94 songs between 1968 and 1980. The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles, [1] instead viewing their albums as indivisible, complete listening experiences, and disliked record labels re-editing ...
Bob Spitz's new book, “Led Zeppelin: The Biography,” tells the good, the bad and the ugly of the most popular rock band of its generation.
Robert Plant later added lyrics, which are dedicated to an old girlfriend who, ten years earlier, had made him choose either her or his music. Plant explained this in an interview in 1975: Let me tell you a little story behind the song "Ten Years Gone" on our new album. I was working my ass off before joining Zeppelin.
John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946) [1] is an English musician and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin.He was a session musician and arranger when he formed the band with Jimmy Page in 1968.
Though Led Zeppelin are typically regarded as an album-oriented group, "Immigrant Song" is one of the band's several hit singles. [10] The song's popularity has led to its inclusion in such compilation albums as Led Zeppelin Remasters (1990) and Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Vol. 1 (1999). [10] [11]