Big Log

"Big Log"
Single by Robert Plant
from the album The Principle of Moments
B-side "Messin' with the Mekon"
Released July 1983
Format 7"
Recorded 1983
Genre Rock
Length 5:03
Label Es Paranza
Writer(s) Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt, Jezz Woodroffe
Producer Robert Plant, Benji LeFevre, Pat Moran
Robert Plant singles chronology
"Pledge Pin"
(1982)
"Big Log"
(1983)
"In the Mood"
(1983)

"Big Log" is a song by Robert Plant from his album The Principle of Moments, released in 1983. It was the first single from the album and became his first Top 40 solo hit, peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached number six on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.

Bassist Viktor Krauss recorded a cover of "Big Log" on his 2004 album "Far From Enough". Krauss's sister Alison, who would record the album Raising Sand with Plant three years later, sang lead vocals on the track.

Contents

Music video

The video for the song was filmed on location in various areas around California and Nevada, including the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley Junction and Calico Ghost Town Regional Park in California.

Track listing

UK 7" single

A: "Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03
B: "Messin' with the Mekon" (Plant, Blunt, Paul Martinez) – 4:40

US 7" single

A: "Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03
B: "Far Post" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 4:44