Whole Lotta Love

LED ZEPPELIN Released Their First Ever Single In The UK This Day In 1987

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8 September 2025


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During the heydays of their career, LED ZEPPELIN didn’t release singles in
the UK. They sporadically did in the US, Canada, Japan and other countries
outside of England.

Their infamous manager Peter Grant thought
the band would sell more albums without singles.

Then finally on 8 September 1987, 29 years after the band first formed, their timeless signature rocker WHOLE LOTTA LOVE, came out as a single. The first ever in their home country. The track recorded in 1969 and featured on their 2nd LP was issued to promote their re-issued back catalogue.

You need coolin’, baby, I’m not foolin’,
I’m gonna send you back to schoolin’,
Way down inside honey, you need it,
I’m gonna give you my love,
I’m gonna give you my love.

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24 June 1969 – LED ZEPPELIN Recorded 24 Carat Single ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ With Its Timeless Monster Riff

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24 June 2025

LED ZEPPELIN‘s red-hot smoking stonker single WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
(from their 1969 Led Zep II album) was voted the song with the greatest
guitar riff ever in rock history in 2014 by listeners of BBC Radio in the UK.
It topped a list of 100 classic ones.

Other riffs in the list included ‘Layla’ by Derek And The Dominoes, ‘Sweet Child
Of Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses, ‘Pretty Vacant’ by the Sex Pistols and Metallica‘s ‘Enter
Sandman’.

The song was recorded this day in 1969

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11 May 2011 – Ultra Rare LED ZEPPELIN T-Shirt Sold For $10,000 / £6096.00

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11 May 2025

One of the rarest rock t-shirts ever was sold for $10,000 (£6096.00) on 11 May 2011 on eBay. The largest sum ever paid for a vintage t-shirt. A 1979 Led Zeppelin one connected with their 2 enormous shows, 4th and 11th August, at Knebworth, England.

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7-Inch History – ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ (1969) By LED ZEPPELIN – Greatest Guitar Riff Ever

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26 August 2022

LED ZEPPELIN‘s red-hot smoking stunner WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
(from their 1969 Led Zep II album) was voted the greatest guitar
riff ever in rock history in 2014 by listeners of BBC Radio in the UK.
The riff topped a list of 100 classic ones.

Definitely, maybe the best ever in my book.

No 2: Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns ‘N’ Roses
No 3: Back In Black by AC/DC

The winner…

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LED ZEPPELIN Scored Their First US Hit Single With ‘A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ 50 Years Ago Today…

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Knockouts from the past…

6 December 2019

The classic LED ZEPPELIN track ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ was released as
a single almost everywhere in the world, except in the UK where the band
refused to issue singles throughout their career thinking it would help to sell
more albums. ‘Whole Lotta Love’ was their first hit in the US where it entered
the chart 50 years ago today, on 6 December 1969. it peaked at #4 and six
months later the rousing riff loaded knockout had sold over 1 million copies.

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Legends LED ZEPPELIN Released Their Second Breakthrough Album 50 Years Ago…

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Classics from the past…

21 October 2019

50 years ago, on 22 October 1969, rock icons LED ZEPPELIN released their second LP, simply called ‘Led Zeppelin II‘ in the US and nine days later, on 31 October in the UK. Their blues rock sound got heavier and rawer. Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon (‘Whole Lotta Love‘ and ‘Bring It On Home‘) and Howlin’ Wolf (‘The Lemon Song’). As usual, no song
of the LP was released as a single in the UK (never was during their whole career). But outside the UK the band released ‘Whole Lotta Love‘ successfully as a single.

LED ZEPPELIN II was a huge commercial triumph. The group’s first number one LP in both the UK and the US. The album’s cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. By 1999 the highly influential longplayer had sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

Highlights…

– WHOLE LOTTA LOVE –

– MOBY DICK –
(Live version including John Bonham‘s extended drum solo – London 1970)

– HEARTBREAKER –
(Live version Madison Square Garden, New York in 1973)

Album in full…

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LED ZEPPELIN Played Their Last UK Concert 40 Years Ago In KNEBWORTH…

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11 August 2019

This day 40 years ago, on 11 August 1979, heavy rock icons LED ZEPPELIN played their final concert (in the original line-up) on the grounds of Knebworth House near the village of Knebworth in the north of Hertfordshire, England . This was the second of two massive shows (the first a week earlier). The band had not played live for two years since the death of frontman Robert Plant‘s son during the band’s 1977 North American tour, and they had not performed in Great-Britain for four years. More than 150.000 people attended
the historic event.

Here are three highlights…

– WHOLE LOTTA LOVE –

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– ROCK AND ROLL – 

– BLACK DOG –

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LED ZEPPELIN – 16 April 1970 – ‘A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ Goes Gold…

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Knockouts from the past…

16 April 2019

The classic LED ZEPPELIN track ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’, released as a single almost everywhere in the world, except in the UK was certified Gold in the US on 16 April 1970, 49 years ago today after selling over one million copies. The band’s record label Atlantic Records also wanted to launch this gigantic rocker in the UK as a single and had pressed initial copies for release on 5th December 1969. But giant (literally) band manager Peter Grant refused categorically. He wanted no exception regarding Zep’s no-singles policy for the British market (the reason for this strategy was to maximize album sales).

Anyway, here’s that towering ripsnorter with its king-sized riff…

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