I'm Gonna Crawl

I'm Gonna Crawl
Appears on	In Through the Out Door
Published by	Flames of Albion Music
Registration	ASCAP 390347712
Release date	15 August 1979
Recorded	November - December 1978 at Polar Studios, Stockholm. Mixed at Plumpton Studios, Sussex.
Genre	Blues rock
Language	English
Length	5 minutes 28 seconds
Composer	John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Label	Swan Song Records
Producer	Jimmy Page
Engineer	Leif Mases

'I'm Gonna Crawl' is a song on English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, In Through the Out Door. It was composed by John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Overview

A conscious attempt to capture the slow American 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. 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, drummer John Bonham noted this as one of Plant's best vocal performances.

Credits

Personnel

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)