Celebration Day
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| "Celebration Day" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album Led Zeppelin III | ||
| Released | October 5, 1970 | |
| Recorded | May - August 1970 | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 3:29 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| Led Zeppelin III track listing | ||
| "Friends" (2) |
"Celebration Day" (3) |
"Since I've Been Loving You" (4) |
"Celebration Day" is the third track from English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1970 album Led Zeppelin III.
The track was almost left off the album, because due to a studio oversight, the beginning of the master tape was crinkled and wouldn't go through the tape heads. The damaged section was cut out, and to disguise it the moog synthesizer from the end of the previous song on the album, "Friends", was used to composit over the edit. This enabled the track to be salvaged and included on the album.
"Celebration Day" is made up of jangling Jimmy Page guitar riffs and a hypnotic, trance-like mood. The lyrics of Robert Plant refer to his impressions of the city of New York.
The band often played this song live at Led Zeppelin concerts from 1971 through 1973. A live version appears on their concert soundtrack The Song Remains the Same, although it is not featured in the accompanying film.
[edit] Sources
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
| Led Zeppelin |
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| Jimmy Page · Robert Plant · John Paul Jones · John Bonham |
| Discography - (Category) |
Studio albums: Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin II · Led Zeppelin III ·  (Led Zeppelin IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out DoorLive albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won |
| Films |
| The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Other |
| Peter Grant · Richard Cole · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant · Strange Sensation · Bootlegs ∙ Concerts ∙ Songs |
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