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Some of Robert Plant’s lyrics for “The Lemon Song” are not from “Killing Floor,” but rather from other classic blues songs. Chester Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf’s real name) is now given songwriting credit for “The Lemon Song”.
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In 1972, ARC music sued Led Zeppelin, claiming that they had plagiarized Howlin’ Wolf and a settlement was reached out of court. Squeeze me, baby, ’til the juice runs down my leg You ain’t nothin but a two-bit, no-good jive Said, people worry I can’t keep you satisfied I should have listened, baby, to my second mindĮvery time I go away and leave you, darling The first, second and fourth verses of “The Lemon Song,” however, are clearly recognizable from Howlin’ Wolf’s original song.īy Jimmy Page & Robert Plant (& Chester Burnett) Following that tour, however, they performed the song as “The Lemon Song” and recorded it under that title for Led Zeppelin II with songwriting credits given to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. On these sorts of tracks, Robert Plant was never content to take lyrics from just one source, but for the most part “The Lemon Song” draws on Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor.” According to Led Zeppelin: The Complete Guide To Their Music by Dave Lewis, on Led Zeppelin’s first American tour in 1969 they regularly included “Killing Floor” in their sets. “The Lemon Song,” included on the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II, is another of Led Zeppelin’s homages to the blues.