One of the band’s most iconic releases, “Immigrant Song” likens the band’s trip to Iceland to Norse warriors setting out to colonize America. It’s a short and pumping rocking tune down to the opening riff and barbarian wail.
The lyrics, as explained by Robert Plant and documented by Wikipedia, are...
[Intro]
(2, 3, 4)
[Chorus]
Ahh! Ahh!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
[Verse 1]
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new land
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming
[Refrain]
On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore
[Chorus]
Ahh! Ahh!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
[Verse 2]
How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords
[Refrain]
On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore
[Verse 3]
So now you'd better stop
And rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day
Despite of all your losing
[Outro]
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ah, ah
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Immigrant Song was written by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant.
Immigrant Song was produced by Jimmy Page.
Led Zeppelin released Immigrant Song on Mon Oct 05 1970.
As documented by Wikipedia, vocalist Robert Plant explained the inspiration for a biography about the group:
We did come from the land of the ice and snow. We were guests of the Icelandic Government on a cultural mission. We were invited to play a concert in Reykjavik and the day before we arrived...
Rolling Stone ranked it as Led Zeppelin’s #7 song, saying:
No hard-rock song has ever had a more ominous opening line: ‘We come from the land of the ice and snow.’ It was inspired by the band’s concert in Iceland in June 1970, a month when the sun never fully sets. Plant started fantasizing about v...