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2 unusual facts about Whole Lotta Love


FestivaLink presents The Duhks at MerleFest, NC 4/24/09

This combination is particularly obvious when Sarah cuts back to Les Blues du Cadien right in the middle of Whole Lotta Love (at roughly the point where the free-form section would have appeared in the original Led Zeppelin recording of Whole Lotta Love).

Fixin' to Die Blues

Led Zeppelin would sometimes play the song live during medley performances of "Whole Lotta Love," as documented on Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions.


Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

Led Zeppelin was also known to cover it live as part of a medley in "Whole Lotta Love." the song also featured predominantly in 2point4 children, where Ben, Jenny and David performed the song at Jenny's school auditions.

Now and Zen

In response to the Beastie Boys' unauthorized sampling of some Led Zeppelin songs on their 1986 album Licensed to Ill, Plant also used samples from Led Zeppelin songs ("Whole Lotta Love", "Dazed and Confused", "Black Dog", "Custard Pie", and "The Ocean") on "Tall Cool One", additionally singing words from "When the Levee Breaks".

The Acid Queen

"Acid Queen" is the third single released from the Tina Turner album Acid Queen, following "Baby Get It On" and "Whole Lotta Love".


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FestivaLink presents The Duhks at MerleFest, NC 4/24/09

Tracks seven and eight are really two parts of a single set combining Les Blues du Cadien with Whole Lotta Love, which feature Casey Driessen on fiddle and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on mandolin.