In My Time of Dying
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album 'Physical Graffiti' | ||
| Released | February 24, 1975 | |
| Recorded | 1974 | |
| Genre | Blues rock | |
| Length | 11:04 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| 'Physical Graffiti' track listing | ||
| "The Rover" (2) |
"In My Time of Dying" (3) |
"Houses of the Holy" (4) |
"In My Time of Dying" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It is a traditional folk/blues song, based on the song "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed", recorded by Blind Willie Johnson and later covered by Joshua White, Bob Dylan (on his eponymous debut album) and Martin Gore. The song is the band's longest studio track, clocking in at over 11 minutes.
"In My Time of Dying" was played during Led Zeppelin's 1975 and some of their 1977 concert tours, where Robert Plant dedicated the song to the British Labour Party's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey. The band never had a proper way to end the song, because of its improvisational nature, and Page liked the approach making the band sound like "a working group". The studio version ends with: "Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'...cough." John Bonham can be heard asking, "That's gonna be the one, isn't it?" Ironically, Plant was not too keen on singing the song after suffering his car crash in 1975, and had later remarked, "Why the hell did I sing that song?"
[edit] Trivia
- This was based on a song of the same name from Bob Dylan's first album.
- The ending was not written when they started recording. They jammed at the end and improvised an ending.
- Drummer John Bonham can be heard at the end saying, "That's gotta be the one."
- This runs 11:06. Excluding their live cuts, it is the longest Zeppelin song.
- This was one of the few live songs where Jimmy Page switched to his black and white Danelectro guitar. He also used this guitar for "White Summer".
[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
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| 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 |
