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| The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
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| Appears on
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BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album)
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| Published by
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Warner Chappell Music
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| Registration
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ASCAP 370295226
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| Release date
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17 November 1997
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| Recorded
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16 June 1969 at
Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London.
Mixed at the Sol Studios, Berkshire.
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| Genre
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Blues rock
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| Language
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English
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| Length
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3 min 1 sec
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| Composer
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Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Sleepy John Estes
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| Label
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Atlantic Records
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| Producer
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Paul Williams & Jimmy Page
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| Engineer
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Tony Wilson
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'The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair' (also known as 'The Girl I Love') is a song performed by English rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin.
Overview
It was recorded by the BBC on 16 June 1969 for Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae show during the band's Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour Summer 1969|U.K. Tour of Summer 1969, being broadcast on 22 June 1969. The song eventually found its way onto the Led Zeppelin album BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album)|BBC Sessions, released in 1997. This is the only known performance of the song by the band, as no other audio document has been unearthed of it being performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts.
The guitar riff played by Jimmy Page that drives this song is similar to that played by Page on the later Led Zeppelin track 'Moby Dick (song)|Moby Dick', released in October 1969 on the album Led Zeppelin II. The lyrics in the first verse were inspired by the 1929 blues recording 'The Girl I Love She Got Long Curley Hair' by Sleepy John Estes.
The song was also released as a promotional single where it received significant airplay and charted in Canada and the United States.
Chart positions
Song (Airplay)
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Peak position
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| US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[1]
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4
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| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 Chart[2]
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4
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| Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[3]
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49
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| Personnel
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- Musicians:
- Jimmy Page – electric guitar, producer, remastering, digital remastering
- Robert Plant - vocals
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar
- John Bonham - drums, percussion
- Production:
- Peter Grant – executive producer
- Paul Williams - producer
- Tony Wilson - engineer, mixing
- Jon Astley - mastering engineer
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Notes
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