Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
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| "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| From the album Led Zeppelin I and "Early Days" | ||
| Album released | January 12 1969 | |
| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Song Length | 6:41 | |
| Record label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer | Jimmy Page | |
| Track Number | Track 2 | |
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a folk song performed by Joan Baez and most notably by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, on their 1969 debut album. The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version and credited it as a traditional arrangement since they did not know who wrote it. They later found out it was written by an American folk singer named Anne Bredon. The main guitar riff to Chicago's hit song "25 or 6 to 4", which was released two years later, bears a striking resemblance to the riff in Zeppelin's version of the song.
It has long been rumored that guitarist Jimmy Page recorded one other version of the song, with Steve Winwood, in 1968. It was never released.
Quicksilver Messenger Service also recorded their own interpretation of the Baez/Bredon song, in 1967, as did The Association in 1970.
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