“ Dancing Days ” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , first recorded on their 1973 album Houses of the Holy . In addition, the song was released as a single in the United States.
| Dancing days | ||||
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| Single Led Zeppelin from the album Houses of the Holy | ||||
| Side “A” | Over the hills and far away | |||
| Released | May 24, 1973 (USA) | |||
| Format | Seven-inch plastic, 45 rpm | |||
| Recorded by | 1972 | |||
| Genre | hard rock [1] | |||
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| Label | Atlantic (no. 2970) | |||
| Timeline of the Led Zeppelin Singles | ||||
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The song was recorded at Stargroves , England in 1972. Songwriters Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were inspired to write the Indian tune they heard while traveling to Bombay . This was the first track from the album, proposed for the radio label Atlantic . Its premiere took place on March 24, 1973 at the BBC Radio One in the program Rosko lunch time show. [2]
As with the song “ Over the Hills and Far Away, ” recorded on side A of the single, “Dancing Days” was presented by the group in concert performance long before its commercial release. Although the bootleg claims to prove that this was the first time the song was performed at the Wembley Empire Pool in November 1971, evidence suggests that its inclusion of the song on this tape was a hoax. The earliest documented case of a concert performance of a song occurred in Seattle on June 19, 1972, where the song was performed twice: once during the main set and again, as in an encore. After that, the song was often performed throughout the remainder of this tour in the version recorded on How the West Was Won . After the release of the album Houses of the Holy, “Dancing Days” began to be performed much less frequently, although an abbreviated, acoustic version was sometimes performed during a 1977 tour in the USA [2] . The full electric version was encore on July 13, 1973 at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, as featured in the Monsters of Rock bootleg.
Content
Musicians
- Robert Plant - vocals
- Jimmy Page - Guitars
- John Paul Jones - bass , organ
- John Bonham - Drums
Cover version of Stone Temple Pilots
The song was sung by American alternative rock / grunge band Stone Temple Pilots , and released on Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, which includes 12 cover versions of many Led Zeppelin songs, and was released on March 14, 1995. Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became a radio hit, reaching number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and number 3 on the Album Rock Tracks, number 11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. He also hit number 46 on the Canadian Singles Chart.
| Chart (1995) | Higher position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Singles Chart | 46 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 63 |
| US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | eleven |
Sources
- Lewis, Dave (2004) The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
- Welch, Chris (1998) Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Houses of the Holy - Album Review . AllMusic . Rovi Corp .. Date of treatment October 25, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin , Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9 .