Friends (Led Zeppelin song)
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album Led Zeppelin III | ||
| Released | October 5, 1970 | |
| Recorded | May - August 1970 | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 3:54 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| Led Zeppelin III track listing | ||
| "Immigrant Song" (1) |
"Friends" (2) |
"Celebration Day" (3) |
"Friends" is the second track from the 1970 album Led Zeppelin III, the third studio album of English rock band Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote the song in 1970 at Bron-Yr-Aur, a small cottage in Wales where they stayed after completing a gruelling concert tour of the United States.
The song starts out with a little noodling and studio chatter before the guitars of Jimmy Page kick in. It is one of a few Led Zeppelin songs that used strings. Bass player John Paul Jones did the string arrangement, which exhibits some distinctive Eastern influences.
Influenced by Neil Young, similarities have been noticed between "Friends" and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Carry On", with the first part of the song being almost identical.
The song was also recorded by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant with the Bombay Symphony Orchestra in 1972, during their trip to India, along with another track, "Four Sticks". These tracks remain unreleased.
"Friends" was also recorded by Page and Plant on their 1994 release No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, accompanied by a Middle-Eastern orchestra.
[edit] Sources
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
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