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"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. "When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin and became the final song on their untitled fourth ...
The band has produced several videos. "When the Levee Breaks," was released in 2010 with over 20 million YouTube views; [ 6 ] "Dazed and Confused," released in 2012, with over 1.8 million YouTube views; [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and "Kashmir," released in 2019, with over 1 million YouTube views.
As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks". The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide.
A 1929 Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song, "When the Levee Breaks", [41] was adapted (with altered lyrics and a different melody) by Led Zeppelin and released in 1971 on their fourth album. "I'm Sailin'" was covered by Mazzy Star on their 1990 debut album, She Hangs Brightly. Her family is currently suing record companies and some artists ...
No Quarter is a live album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin.It was released by Atlantic Records on 31 October 1994. [2] The long-awaited reunion between Jimmy Page and Robert Plant occurred on a 90-minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales and London.
The song contains samples of "When the Levee Breaks" written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham, and performed by Led Zeppelin. Some critics compared the song to Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm" (2006). [3] [4] The song received a nomination for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best Rock Performance.
The two-CD edition shares most tracks with the original two-CD compilation Led Zeppelin Remasters, but with "When the Levee Breaks" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" instead of "Celebration Day" and "The Battle of Evermore."
Archive footage of the song being performed live in Seattle in 1977 and at Knebworth in 1979 was used for an officially distributed video of the song, used to promote the 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters release. [8] The video accompanied a CD single which was released following the successful "Travelling Riverside Blues" release. [9]