Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song)
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| "Tangerine" | ||
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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 | 3:10 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| Led Zeppelin III track listing | ||
| "Gallows Pole" (6) |
"Tangerine" (7) |
"That's the Way" (8) |
"Tangerine" is a song composed by Jimmy Page and performed by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on their 1970 album Led Zeppelin III.
Like many Led Zeppelin tunes written by Page, it has its origins in an old Yardbirds song. Page had in fact previously recorded the song with The Yardbirds, though this version has never been released. In the late 1990s it was announced that the song would appear on a Yardbirds compilation album, but plans for this were canceled.
The track has an acoustic country flavor courtesy of the pedal-steel guitar playing of Page. The song begins with a false start, after which Page pauses to set the right tempo.[citation needed] Throughout its duration, the song continually changes tempo a few bars at a time whilst the lyrics fondly recall love and contentedness. This was the last Led Zeppelin song Page wrote without any input from Robert Plant.
"Tangerine" was often played live at Led Zeppelin concerts as part of the band's acoustic set from 1971 through 1972, and was revived for the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London shows of 1975. At these latter performances, Page played the song on his Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar.
[edit] Lyrics and Style
The song uses a simple double track vocal pattern to create a recognisable lilting feel. The song runs for three seconds short of three minutes and uses a standard Am G D C progression for the verses before moving on to G D C progression for the chorus.
[edit] Trivia
This was the second Led Zeppelin song to be named after a fruit, the first being "The Lemon Song".
"Tangerine" appears in the movie Almost Famous, and can be heard during the final scene of the movie.
The song was covered by Big Head Todd and the Monsters for the Led Zeppelin 1995 tribute album Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin and on the band's 1998 live album Live Monsters.
The acoustic introduction of the song "Edie (Ciao Baby)" by The Cult bears a striking resemblance to the guitar passages of "Tangerine"
[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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