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"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant , it is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock ...
The song was produced by Cole Bennett of Lyrical Lemonade and Max Lord, both of whom wrote the song with the rappers; the song also contains samples of American rapper Eminem's single, "Role Model", from The Slim Shady LP (1999), which resulted in him and its producers, Dr. Dre and Mel-Man, also being credited as songwriters on "Doomsday". [2]
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released as a 45 rpm single and appeared on Sedaka's 1960 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits .
The band is best known for its single "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)" [1] [2] a song combining the lyrics to the theme song of the television show Gilligan's Island with the music of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The band wrote the song in 1977 as "material to pad the last set of the grueling 5 nights a week/4 sets a night routine ...
The band played the song live for the first time for BBC Radio 1's "Radio 1 Rocks" show on 31 October. [11] Three months after the song's digital release, "Doomsday" was issued as a 7" vinyl on 8 December 2017, limited to 1,000 copies. [12] In July 2018, the band released an alternate version of "Doomsday", featuring James Beckwith on piano. [13]
"Doomsday" is a song by British-American rapper MF Doom featuring singer Pebbles the Invisible Girl, taken from the former's debut studio album Operation: Doomsday (1999). Produced by MF Doom himself, it contains samples of " Kiss of Life " by Sade and "Poetry" by Boogie Down Productions .
"Livin' for the Weekend" is a song by American R&B vocal group The O'Jays, released as the second single from their 11th album, Family Reunion (1975). It spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B singles chart in the spring of '76. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]
It was alleged that Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin used the descending guitar-figure from "Taurus" for Led Zeppelin's signature song "Stairway to Heaven". [4] [5] Led Zeppelin had opened for Spirit in an early American tour, providing the possibility that Led Zeppelin had heard the Spirit song before "Stairway to Heaven" was written.