Rock and Roll

Led Zeppelin * Track #2 On Led Zeppelin IV

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Album Led Zeppelin IV

ALBUM

Led Zeppelin

1971

Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin

Release Date

Mon Nov 08 1971

Performed by

Led Zeppelin

Produced by

Jimmy Page

Writed by

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones & John Bonham

About

This is a song about the band wanting to get back into “Rock and Roll” It uses several rock and roll elements as if they wanted to make the claim official.

Reportedly, Led Zeppelin used to warm up playing Little Richard’s “Keep a Knockin'”, and this song grew out of that. The opening drum work by...

Rock and Roll Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from

[Chorus]
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Yes, it has

[Verse 2]
It's been a long time since The Book of Love
I can't count the tears of a life with no love
Carry me back, carry me back
Carry me back, baby, where I come from
Whoa, whoa, oh

[Chorus]
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time

[Instrumental Break]
Ahhh! Ahhh!

[Verse 3]
Oh! Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight
Making vows that just can't work right
Oh yeah, open your arms, open your arms
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in!
Yeah!

[Chorus]
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time

Rock and Roll Q&A

Who wrote Rock and Roll's ?

Rock and Roll was written by Robert Plant & Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones & John Bonham.

Who produced Rock and Roll's ?

Rock and Roll was produced by Jimmy Page.

When did Led Zeppelin release Rock and Roll?

Led Zeppelin released Rock and Roll on Mon Nov 08 1971.

What did Led Zeppelin say about "Rock and Roll"?

Guitarist Jimmy Page told The Trouser Press:

‘Rock And Roll’ was a spontaneous combustion. We were doing something else at the time, but Bonzo played the beginning of Little Richard’s ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ with the tape still running and I just started doing that part of the riff. It actually gro...

What has the media said about the song?

Rolling Stone ranked it as Led Zeppelin’s #9 song, saying:

Zeppelin were struggling to rehearse ‘Four Sticks’ when Bonham spontaneously played the now-famous snare and open-high-hat drum intro to ‘Rock and Roll,’ which imitates the first few bars of Little Richard’s 1957 hit ‘Keep A Knockin’.' The...