In 1976, Led Zeppelin stunned a rock legend with the song “Nobody’s Fault but Mine.” The song, from the album Presence, was recorded just a few months after lead singer Robert Plant was involved in a near-fatal car accident—and it blew Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger away at first listen.
Inspired by a 1920s gospel song by blues artist Blind Willie Johnson, the hymn was adapted by Plant and Jimmy Page to become a hard rock anthem, complete with a killer guitar riff and reworked, angsty lyrics.
Page once revealed that the song was part of a marathon three-week recording session for the Presence album at Musicland Studios in Munich.
“The Rolling Stones were due to use the studio next,” Page recalled to Radio, per Ultimate Classic Rock. “So, I asked Mick if we could have a couple of more days. They were trying all different guitarists out at the time, they were doing Black and Blue there, so Mick said, ‘Yeah.'”
Page also revealed that Jagger was blown away by Zeppelin’s hard rock remake of Johnson’s decades-old acoustic track.
“Jagger was staying in the same hotel and I went up to see him to say thanks for letting us use the studio in their downtime,” Page told Classic Rock magazine. “He said, ‘What have you done?’ I said, ‘I’ve done an album, do you want to hear some?’ I put on ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine,’ which he sort of knew as a blues song and he was quite startled by it.”
Page did try to distance himself from the original gospel song. Speaking with Guitar World, he noted that he realized he had to do his own thing and “almost stop listening to anybody” after years of covering other songwriters’ blues songs.
“A good example is ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine,’ from Presence,” he shared. “Robert came in one day and suggested we cover it, but the arrangement I came up with has nothing to do with the [Blind Willie Johnson] original. Robert may have wanted to go for the original blues lyrics, but everything else was a totally different kettle of fish.”
While Presence wasn’t one of Led Zeppelin’s highest-charting albums, “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” became a standout track.
Nearly 50 years later, Ultimate Classic Rock ranked “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” among the top 50 songs of 1976, writing, “Robert Plant was recovering from a car accident at the time of recording, but his blues-rock growl rings with an intense authenticity. It’s a commanding performance top to bottom.”
Related: 1970 Led Zeppelin Song, Written by Jimmy Page After a Breakup, Was First Recorded by the Yardbirds With Different Lyrics
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