Given that it’s hard to evade a Led Zeppelin song when listening to a classic rock station, there’s no way to deny that the British band has a tremendous impact on the genre. So, it’s not all that surprising that Entertainment Weekly recently included one of the band’s most beloved hits on the publication’s list of “the 25 greatest rock songs of all time.”
The ranking spotlighted Led Zeppelin’s 1969 tune “Whole Lotta Love,” off the band’s second record, known by fans as Led Zeppelin II. Entertainment Weekly also featured songs like Queen‘s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen from 1975, and 1967’s “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles on the list.
One of the most memorable parts of “Whole Lotta Love” is the guitar riff, composed and performed by Jimmy Page. In a 2014 interview on BBC Radio 2, Page discussed coming up with said riff for the song, which ended up securing the No. 4 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970. He explained that he “had the riff and the sort of framework of the song” before the band recorded “Whole Lotta Love.”
“I wanted a riff that really moved, you know, that people would really get and then bring a smile to their faces, you know, but when I played it with the band, I mean, it just really went into overdrive, and that’s how it went. Then it got recorded, of course, and we did a pretty good rendition on the recordings,” said Page, now 82.
The musician also noted that he “used the Gibson LES Paul” guitar when recording the tune.
“It was relatively recently acquired for me. I’d only had it for a few months, but it was such a user-friendly guitar, and it sounded so huge. The amps that I had, you know, all vintage stuff, obviously, but even vintage at the time, yeah, I just sort of, I knew where I was going with it, you know, to be honest,” continued Page during the 2014 radio interview.
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