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| I'm Gonna Crawl
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| Appears on
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In Through the Out Door
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| Published by
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Flames of Albion Music
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| Registration
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ASCAP 390347712
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| Release date
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15 August 1979
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| Recorded
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November - December 1978 at
Polar Studios, Stockholm.
Mixed at Plumpton Studios, Sussex.
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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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5 minutes 28 seconds
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| Composer
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John Paul Jones (musician)
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| Label
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Swan Song Records
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| Producer
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Jimmy Page
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| Engineer
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Leif Mases
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'I'm Gonna Crawl' is a song on England|English Rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, In Through the Out Door. It was composed by John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
Overview
A conscious attempt to capture the slow American Soul music|soul-blues style of the 1960s, the music to 'I'm Gonna Crawl' was in large part composed by Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones.[1] The song tells of a girl that 'drives me crazy... she's the apple of my eye. I love the lady. I got to be her fool.' The strings were created by Jones using a Yamaha GX-1 synthesizer, purchased specifically for this album.
'I'm Gonna Crawl' was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts,[2] Drumkit|drummer John Bonham noted this as one of Plant's best vocal performances.
Credits
| Personnel
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- Musicians:
- Jimmy Page – electric guitar, producer, remastering, digital remastering
- Robert Plant – vocals
- John Paul Jones – Yamaha GX-1, bass guitar
- John Bonham - drums, percussion
- Production:
- Peter Grant – executive producer
- Leif Mases - engineer, mixing
- Lennart Ostlund - assistant engineer
- Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s)
- George Marino - remastered CD engineer (1990)
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