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"WHOLE LOTTA LOVE" / "LIVING LOVING MAID (SHE'S JUST A WOMAN)"> TYPE = SINGLE NOTESLED ZEPPELIN> LOCATION = NEW YORK CITYATLANTIC RECORDS> ID = 45-2690, A-side label, Atlantic Records>Atlantic| writer =

• John Bonham
• Willie Dixon
• John Paul Jones
• Jimmy Page
• Robert Plant| producer = Jimmy Page| prev_title = Good Times Bad Times| prev_year = 1969| next_title = Immigrant Song| next_year = 1970

}}"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. 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. In 2014, listeners to BBC Radio 2 voted "Whole Lotta Love" as containing the greatest guitar riff of all time.WEB, Radio 2's Greatest Guitar Riffs, BBC Radio 2, 25 August 2014, 26 August 2014,weblink

Composition and recording

{{Listen| type = music| filename = Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love.ogg| title = "Whole Lotta Love"| description = Sample with guitar riff | help = no}}Jimmy Page came up with the guitar riff for "Whole Lotta Love" in the summer of 1968, on his houseboat on the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England.{{sfn|Guesdon|Margotin|2018|p=108}} However, John Paul Jones stated that it probably was developed from a live improvisation during performances of "Dazed and Confused".AV MEDIA NOTES, Cameron, Crowe, Cameron Crowe, The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album), The Complete Studio Recordings, Boxed set booklet, 1993, Page denied that the song originated onstage and that he had the riff and the rest took it from there.MAGAZINE, David, Cavanaugh, Jimmy Page, 'Mission Accomplished', May 2008, Uncut (magazine), Uncut, 132, 49, 1368-0722, Notation for the song indicates the key of E major and a tempo of 92 beats per minuteBOOK, 2008, Led Zeppelin Mothership Authentic Guitar Tab Edition, Whole Lotta Love, Alfred Music, Alfred Publishing, 978-0-7390-5317-1, 52, in a compound AABA form.BOOK, John, Covach, Deborah, Stein, 2005, Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, Form in Rock Music: A Primer, Oxford University Press, New York, 65–76, 0-19-517010-5,weblink During the two day mix of the Led Zeppelin II album, audio engineer Eddie Kramer discovered that some bleedthrough occurred on Plant's vocals on the "Whole Lotta Love" track, which could not be removed, so he put some echo on it, and Page liked the sound.WEB, Kramer Archives: Bio, Kramerarchives.com,weblink 25 March 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090325073043weblink">weblink Page also employed a backwards echo production technique.

Personnel

According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin:{{sfn|Guesdon|Margotin|2018|p=108}}

• Robert Plant – vocals, tambourine
• Jimmy Page – guitars, theremin, backing vocals (?)
• John Paul Jones – bass, bongos, backing vocals (?)
• John Bonham – drums, congas, maracas

Release

On 7 November 1969, "Whole Lotta Love" was released as a single in several countries, with "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" as the B-side.BOOK, Jon, Bream, 2010, 2008, Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time, Voyageur Press, 65, 273, 978-0-7603-3955-8,weblink In the US, Atlantic provided an edited 3:12 version as the flipside for radio stations.AV MEDIA NOTES, 1969, "Whole Lotta Love" Long version / "Whole Lotta Love" Short version, Single notes, Led Zeppelin, New York City, Atlantic Records, 45-2690, Labels, Billboard described the single as a "powerful, commercial swinger that should have no trouble putting [Led Zeppelin] up the Hot 100."MAGAZINE, Spotlight Singles, Billboard, 81, 46, 98, 0006-2510, 15 November 1969, 20 February 2021,weblink WEB,weblink Billboard, 27 December 1969, Cash Box described it as "a mixture of rock and blues with special production touches and a rousing lead vocal performance."NEWS, CashBox Record Reviews, November 15, 1969, 24, 2021-12-08,weblink Cash Box, In the UK, Atlantic Records expected to issue an edited version, and pressed initial copies for release on 5 December 1969, but this was cancelled by request of manager Peter Grant.

Similarities to "You Need Love"

In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded a blues vocal, "You Need Love", for Chess Records.BOOK, Mitsutoshi, Inaba, 2011, Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues, Scarecrow Press, 191–193, 978-0-81086-993-6,weblink limited, As he had done with "You Shook Me", Waters overdubbed vocals on an instrumental track previously recorded by blues guitarist Earl Hooker and his band. Willie Dixon wrote the lyrics, which Dixon biographer Mitsutoshi Inaba describes as being "about the necessity of love":{{poemquote|You've got yearnin' and I got burnin'Baby you look so, ho, sweet and cunnin'Baby way down inside, woman you need loveWoman you need love, you've got to have some loveI'm gon' give you some love, I know you need love}}In 1966, the British band Small Faces recorded the song as "You Need Loving" for their eponymous debut Decca album. According to Steve Marriott, the group's vocalist and guitarist, Page and Plant attended several Small Faces gigs, where they expressed their interest in the song.BOOK, Mick, Wall, Mick Wall, 2010, (When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin), St. Martin's Griffin, 149, 978-0-312-59039-0, Plant's phrasing is particularly similar to that of Marriott's, who added "he [Plant] sang it the same, phrased it the same, even the stops at the end were the same". Similarities with "You Need Love" led to a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin in 1985, settled out of court in favour of Dixon for an undisclosed amount.BOOK, Dave, Lewis, 1994, The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Music Sales Group, Omnibus Press, 0-7119-3528-9,weblink On subsequent releases, Dixon's name is included on the credits for "Whole Lotta Love".WEB, Stephen Thomas, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II, AllMusic, 10 January 2016,weblink Plant explained in an interview with Musician:... well, you only get caught when you're successful. That's the game.MAGAZINE, Charles M., Young, Robert Plant's manic persona, Musician (magazine), Musician, June 1990, 140, 45, 0733-5253,weblink's+riff+was+Page's+riff.+It+was+there+before+anything+else%22, }}

Accolades{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"|+Accolades

!scope="col"|Publication!scope="col"|Country!scope="col"|Accolade!scope="col"|Year!scope="col"|Rank!scope="row"|Spin|USSPIN (MAGAZINE)>SPIN ACCESS-DATE= 10 FEBRUARY 2009,weblink |1989|39!scope="row"|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|USThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC: ONE HIT WONDERS AND THE SONGS THAT SHAPED ROCK AND ROLL ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME>ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM URL= HTTP://ROCKHALL.COM/EXHIBITS/ONE-HIT-WONDERS-SONGS-THAT-SHAPED-ROCK-AND-ROLL/, |1994|*!scope="row"|Classic Rock|UKCLASSIC ROCK (MAGAZINE)>CLASSIC ROCK ACCESS-DATE= 10 FEBRUARY 2009,weblink |1999|30!scope="row"|Rolling Stone|USRolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time>The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"THE RS 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME (1–500) >MAGAZINE= ROLLING STONE ARCHIVE-DATE= 23 OCTOBER 2006 ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20061023195417/HTTP://WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM/NEWS/COVERSTORY/500SONGS/PAGE/1, |2003|75!scope="row"|Q|UKQ (MAGAZINE)>Q ACCESS-DATE= 10 FEBRUARY 2009,weblink |2005|3!scope="row"|Toby Creswell|AustraliaAUTHOR-LINK= TOBY CRESWELL TITLE= 1001 SONGS: THE GREAT SONGS OF ALL TIME CHAPTER= WHOLE LOTTA LOVE PUBLISHER= HARDIE GRANT BOOKS ISBN= 978-1-74066-458-5, |2005|*!scope="row"|Grammy Awards|USGrammy Hall of Fame Award"GRAMMY HALL OF FAME – W GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES >ACCESS-DATE= 21 DECEMBER 2012,weblink |2007|*!scope="row"|Rolling Stone|USROLLING STONE >URL= HTTPS://WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM/NEWS/COVERSTORY/20947527/PAGE/41 URL-STATUS= DEAD,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080607000936weblink">weblink |2008|11!scope="row"|VH1|USVH1 >URL-STATUS= DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE= 8 APRIL 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090408042358weblink">weblink |2009|46!scope="row"|VH1|US|"VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs"|2009|3!scope="row"|BBC Radio 2|UK|"Radio 2's Top 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs"|2014|1!scope="row"|Rolling Stone|USRolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time>The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME > 128: LED ZEPPELIN, 'WHOLE LOTTA LOVE' >MAGAZINE= ROLLING STONE ACCESS-DATE= 10 OCTOBER 2021,weblink |2021|128(*) designates unordered lists.

Charts

The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 22 November 1969. It remained on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at number four and becoming the band's only top-10 single in the US.{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}

Original release{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (1969–1970)!Peakposition!scope="row"|Australia (Go-Set National Top 40)MAGAZINE, Go-Set National Top 40, Go-Set, Pop Archives, 4 April 1970, 19 January 2009,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080829102650weblink">weblink 29 August 2008, 1!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)WEB, Australia No. 1 hits – 1970's, World Charts, 4 June 2014,weblink dead, 31 July 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130731062613weblink">weblink 1{{singlechart|Austria|3|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}{{singlechart|Flanders|2|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|2|chartid=6102|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}!scope="row"|Denmark (Tipparaden)WEB, Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin, Danske Hitlister, 1 April 2016,weblink 2!scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)BOOK, Timo, Pennanen, 2006, Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972, fi, 1st, Tammi, 978-951-1-21053-5, Helsinki, 7{{singlechart|Dutch40|4|year=1970|week=4|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}{{singlechart|Dutch100|5|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)BOOK, Dean, Scapolo, 2007, The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1st, Top 50 Singles – May 1970, Wellington, Transpress, 978-1-877443-00-8, 4!scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio)WEB, South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (L), Rock.co.za, 4 June 2014,weblink 6!scope="row"|Spanish Singles ChartBOOK, Fernando, Salaverri, September 2005, Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002, 1st, Fundación Autor-SGAE, Spain, 84-8048-639-2, es, 4!scope="row"|Sweden (Tio i Topp)BOOK, Hallberg, Eric, Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74, Henningsson, Ulf, Premium Publishing, 1998, 919727125X, 9{{singlechart|Switzerland|5|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|4|artist=Led Zeppelin|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2021|refname="Hot100"}}!scope="row"|US Cash BoxMAGAZINE, CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 10, 1970, Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box,weblink 22 September 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120922141334weblink">weblink 2!scope="row"|US Record WorldMAGAZINE, 100 Top Pops, Record World, 17 January 1970, 25, 0034-1622, 17 September 2017,weblink 4{{singlechart|West Germany|1|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|songid=134|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2014}}{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"!Chart (1997)!Peakposition!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)RYAN, 163, 52{{single chart|Scotland|15|date=19970913|rowheader=true|access-date=28 August 2019}}{{single chart|UK|21|date=19970913|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2013}}{{single chart|UKrock|1|date=19970913|rowheader=true|access-date=28 August 2019}}

Single (digital download){|class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Chart !Peakposition2007Hot Canadian Digital Singles)HOT DIGITAL SINGLES – 1 DECEMBER 2007 BILLBOARD (MAGAZINE)>BILLBOARD URL= HTTPS://WWW.BILLBOARD.COM/ARTIST/LED-ZEPPELIN/CHART-HISTORY/HOT-CANADIAN-DIGITAL-SINGLES ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211121092639/HTTPS://WWW.BILLBOARD.COM/ARTIST/LED-ZEPPELIN/CHART-HISTORY/HOT-CANADIAN-DIGITAL-SINGLES/, dead, {{cbignore}}49{{singlechart|Switzerland|57|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|access-date=4 June 2014}}{{singlechart|UK|64|artist=Led Zeppelin|date=20071118|access-date=2 July 2013|refname=UK2007}}|2010Ultratop>Ultratop 30 Back Catalogue Singles Wallonia)30 BACK CATALOGUE SINGLES – 15/05/2010 >PUBLISHER= ULTRATOP.BE URL= HTTP://WWW.ULTRATOP.BE/FR/WEEKCHART.ASP?CAT=SB&YEAR=2010&DATE=20100515, 18|2012Ultratop>Ultratop 50 Back Catalogue Singles Flanders)50 BACK CATALOGUE SINGLES – 14/04/2012 >PUBLISHER= ULTRATOP.BE URL= HTTP://WWW.ULTRATOP.BE/NL/WEEKCHART.ASP?CAT=SB&YEAR=2012&DATE=20120414, 43|2013{{singlechart|France|52|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|access-date=4 June 2014}}|2014{{singlechart|France|151|artist=Led Zeppelin|song=Whole Lotta Love|access-date=4 June 2014}}Note: The official UK Singles Chart incorporated legal downloads as of 17 April 2005.{{col-2}}

Year-end charts{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (1970)!Position!scope="row"|Australia (Go-Set Top 40)MAGAZINE, Go-Set top 40 for 1970, Go-Set, Pop Archives, 19 January 2009,weblink 18!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)WEB, Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1970s, Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien, 4 June 2014,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131106213449weblink">weblink 6 November 2013, 11!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)WEB, Jahreshitparade 1970, Austriancharts.at, 4 June 2014,weblink de, 10!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)WEB, Jaaroverzichten 1970, Ultratop.be, 4 June 2014,weblink nl, 65!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM)MAGAZINE, RPM's Top 100 of 1970, RPM (magazine), RPM, Library and Archives Canada, 14, 20–21, 9 January 1971, 16 August 2018,weblink 23!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)WEB, Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1970, Dutch Top 40, 4 June 2014,weblink nl, 28!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)WEB, Jaaroverzichten – Single 1970, Single Top 100. Hung Medien, 4 June 2014,weblink nl, 27!scope="row"|US Cash BoxMAGAZINE, The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1970, Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box,weblink 22 September 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120922141548weblink">weblink 54!scope="row"|West Germany (Official German Charts)WEB, Jahrescharts – 1970, Offiziellecharts.de, GfK Entertainment charts,weblink dead, 9 May 2015,weblink de, 17{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Whole Lotta Love|nocert=true|relyear=1970|salesamount=400,000|salesref=MAGAZINE,weblink Billboard magazine, Billboard, From Music Capitals of the World – Berlin, 58, 0006-2510, 1 August 1970, 28 May 2023, }}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Whole Lotta Love|award=Platinum|relyear=1970|access-date=February 5, 2018}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Whole Lotta Love|award=Platinum|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|access-date=11 April 2023|id=14254-2162-1}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Whole Lotta Love|award=Gold|relyear=1970|certyear=1970|refname="RIAA"}}{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

Performances

Led Zeppelin first performed "Whole Lotta Love" on 26 April 1969. Other live versions were released officially:

• The Song Remains the Same (28 September 1976, from a 1973 concert and movie soundtrack)WEB, Stephen Thomas, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, The Song Remains the Same Review, AllMusic, 12 October 2021,weblink
• Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions (11 November 1997, from a 1971 concert)WEB, Stephen Thomas, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, BBC Sessions Review, AllMusic, 12 October 2021,weblink
• How the West Was Won (27 May 2003, from a 1972 concert)WEB, Stephen Thomas, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, How the West Was Won Review, AllMusic, 12 October 2021,weblink
• Led Zeppelin DVD (2003, from a 1979 and a 1970 concert)WEB, Lindsay, Planer, Led Zeppelin [Video Box Set] Review, AllMusic, 12 October 2021,weblink

"Whole Lotta Love" was the last song Led Zeppelin played live. It was, however, performed again at the band's reunions at Live Aid in 1985 (with drummers Phil Collins and Tony Thompson), at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert in 1988, and at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena, London, on 10 December 2007 (both with drummer Jason Bonham).NEWS, Led Zeppelin confirm reunion gig, BBC News, 12 September 2007, 3 March 2020,weblink In 2008, a reworked version by Jimmy Page on guitar, with Leona Lewis on vocals, was performed in the "London 2012" presentation during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Both Lewis and the organisers requested that some of the lyrics be changed, notably "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love". Lewis felt that the line made little sense coming from a female singer.NEWS, David, Bond, Led Zeppelin classic 'too racy' for Olympics, The Daily Telegraph, 22 August 2008, 4 June 2014,weblink

Cover versions

"Whole Lotta Love" has been recorded by several artists. Versions that reached the record charts include:

• 1970{{snd}}CCS (or C.C.S.) recorded a mainly instrumental rendition with a flute playing the melody.NEWS, Nick, Coleman, Music: The tune that hooked a generation, The Independent, 23 October 2011, 21 September 2021,weblink Billboard described their version as a "blockbuster instrumental treatment of the Led Zeppelin hit",MAGAZINE, Spotlight Singles, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, 23 January 1971, 70, 0006-2510,weblink while Nick Coleman of The Independent thought that the cover "succeeded in ameliorating the tune's sexual specificity without stripping it of its rutty throb". Released as a single on the RAK label, it reached number 13 on the UK singles chart in November 1970;WEB, Official Singles Chart Top 50, Official Charts Company, 21 February 2021,weblink number 26 in Belgium (Flanders);WEB, Ultratop.be – C.C.S. – Whole Lotta Love, Ultratop 50, 21 February 2021,weblink nl, number 37 on the RPM 100 Singles in Canada;MAGAZINE, Top RPM Singles: Issue 5231, RPM (magazine), RPM, 21 February 2021,weblink Library and Archives Canada, number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100;MAGAZINE, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, 20 February 1971, 83, 8, 64, 0006-2510,weblink and number 58 on the US Cash Box Top 100 Singles.MAGAZINE, Cash Box Top 100 Singles, 20 February 1971, Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box,weblink 20 September 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120920014525weblink">weblink The UK music variety television programme Top of the Pops used brief versions by CCS members and others as its intro theme music at different times over the years.NEWS, Top of the Pops: Still Number One, bbc.co.uk, 13 September 2002, 25 September 2021,weblink
• 1971{{snd}}King Curtis and the Kingpins recorded an instrumental version with the melody line performed on saxophone. Atco Records released it as a single in the US, where it reached number 64 on the Hot 100 and number 43 on the R&B chart.BOOK, Whitburn, Joel, Joel Whitburn, 1988, King Curtis, Top R&B Singles 1942–1988, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Record Research, 0-89820-068-7, 237, A live version, recorded at the Fillmore West, is included on Curtis' 1971 live album Live at Fillmore West.MAGAZINE, Aretha, King Curtis Fillmore Sets Remastered, Billboard, 18 May 2006, 21 April 2020,weblink
• 1975{{snd}}Tina Turner on her 1975 album Acid Queen. Released by United Artists Records, her version reached number 61 on the Billboard R&B chartMAGAZINE, Hot Soul Singles, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, 13 December 1975, 87, 50, 40, 0006-2510,weblink and number 45 on the Record World R&B chart.MAGAZINE, The R&B Singles Chart, Record World, 6 December 1975, 31, 1485, 42,weblink
• 1996{{snd}}British band Goldbug, including a sample of "Asteroid" (the Pearl & Dean advertising music).NEWS, Julia, Day, Pearl & Dean's theme tune remixed for the digital age, The Guardian, 28 June 2006, 12 February 2018,weblink It reached number three in the UK singles chart,WEB, Official Singles Charts Top 100, Official Charts Company,weblink 21 February 2021, number 24 in Ireland,WEB, The Irish charts – Search Results – Whole Lotta Love, Irish Singles Chart, 21 February 2021,weblink and number 9 in the Netherlands.WEB, Goldbug – Whole Lotta Love, Dutchcharts.nl, 22 July 2021,weblink nl, In 2000, band member Richard Walmsley sued his former label Acid Jazz over unpaid royalties relating to the song.MAGAZINE, Acid Jazz & Goldbug in court over Led Zep cover, NME, 20 March 2000, 21 September 2021,weblink 22 October 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121022185108weblink">weblink Walmsley received thousands of pounds following the battle.MAGAZINE, Gina G ex-label boss hit by legal bill, Music Week, 3 April 2000, 21 September 2021,weblink 2 September 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120902172817weblink">weblink

See also

• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1970s
• List of number-one hits of 1970 (Germany)
• List of Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

• BOOK, Jean-Michel, Guesdon, Philippe, Margotin, 2018, Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, Running Press, 978-0-316-448-67-3,
• BOOK, Dave, Lewis, 1990, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration,weblink Omnibus Press, 978-0-711-92416-1, 25 September 2020, 25 October 2020,weblink live,

External links

• {{YouTube|HQmmM_qwG4k|"Whole Lotta Love " (official video)}}
• {{YouTube|0bcIjILqORM|"Whole Lotta Love" (remaster)}}

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