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Song: Whole Lotta Love
Album: Led Zeppelin II [released Oct 22, 1969 (US) | Oct 31, 1969 (UK)]
Single: Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid [Nov 7, 1969], Whole Lotta Love/Baby Come On Home/Traveling Riverside Blues [Aug 29, 1997]
Credited to: Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Willie Dixon
Related Songs:
You Need Love - Muddy Waters (original)
You Need Lovin' - The Small Faces (previous cover)
Shake For Me - Howlin' Wolf (reference)
Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf (reference)
Lyrics:
You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin'
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin'
Way down inside, honey, you need it
I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love (x4)
You've been learnin', baby, I been learnin'
All them good times, baby, baby, I've been discernin'
Way, way down inside, honey, you need, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
Wanna whole lotta love (x4)
(I don't want more)
(You've got to bleed on me, yeah)
(Theremin Solo)
(Guitar Solo)
You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin'
All the good times, baby, I've been misusin'
Way, way down inside, I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love
Gonna give you my love, yeah, alright, let's go
Wanna whole lotta love (x4)
Way down inside, woman
You need love
Shake for me, girl
I wanna be your back door man
Keep a-coolin', baby (x4)
Personal notes: What an incredible song. This is a total party song. One of the rawest guitar solos ever recorded. It just doesn't have quite the same kick in any live versions I've heard. My best advice for this song is to go driving where there's lots of people, roll down the windows, put this song on and crank up the volume. Damn, let me tell you, it feels good!
Influences: This is a cover of a song written by Willie Dixon, titled You Need Love, which was originally recorded by Muddy Waters. The Small Faces covered the song, calling it You Need Lovin, for their 1966 debut. Steve Marriot's vocal treatment of the song bears a strong resemblance to Robert Plant's later performance. Plant's lyric "shake for me, girl, I wanna be your back door man" could likely be a nod to Willie Dixon's Shake For Me and Back Door Man, recorded by Howlin' Wolf.
You Need Love - Muddy Waters
You've got yearnin', and I got burnin'
Baby, you look so sweet and cunning
Baby, way down inside, woman, you need love
Woman, you need love, you've got to have some love
I'm gonna give you some love, I know you need love
You just got to have love, you got to have some love
You make me feel so good, you make me feel all right (x3)
You're so nice, you're so nice (x4)
You are frettin', and I am petting
A lot of good things you ain't getting
Baby, way down inside, woman, you need love
I know you need love, you got to have some love
(Organ Solo)
I ain't foolin', you need schoolin'
Well you know, you need coolin'
Woman, way down inside
Woman, you need love
You got to have some love (x3)
You Need Lovin - The Small Faces
I ain't foolin', hey woman, you need coolin'
I'm gonna send you, right back to schoolin'
Baby, way down inside ya, in your heart, woman, you need lovin'
Lovin', I know you need lovin', baby
Well I've been yearnin', hey baby, you've been burnin'
Ain't it about time, alright, you get some learnin', yeah
Cause, baby, way down inside ya, deep in your heart, woman, you need lovin'
oh, lovin', you know you need lovin', baby
eeny meeny miny mo
eeny meeny miny mo
can't shake it no more
I can't rock it and I can't go
?
?
I said you know how to party
bony moronie
?
pass me by
?
mashed potato
said I wanna show you (x2)
alright, yeah it's alright (x4)
Woman, you need love, yeah
Shake For Me - Howlin' Wolf
Sure look good, but it don't mean a thing to me
Sure look good, but it don't mean a thing to me
I got a hip-shaking woman, shake like a willow tree
You better wait baby, you got back a little too late.
You better wait baby, you got back a little too late.
I got a cool-shaking baby, shake like jello on a plate
When my baby walk, you know she's fine and mellow
When my baby walk, you know she's fine and mellow
Every time she stops, her flesh it shake like jello
Shake it baby, shake it for me
Shake lil' baby, shake it for me
Oh, shake it little baby, shake like a willow tree
Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but the little girls understand
When everybody's tryin' to sleep
I'm somewhere making my, midnight creep
Yes in the morning, when the rooster crow
Something tell me, I got to go
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
They, take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes
Nurse cried, please save the soul
Killed him for murder, first degree
Judge's wife cried, let the man go free
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
Stand out there, cop's wife cried
Don't take him down, rather be dead
Six feets in the ground
When you come home you can eat, pork and beans
I eats mo' chicken, any man seen
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
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