You Shook Me

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"You Shook Me" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and J. B. Lenoir. Earl Hooker first recorded it as an instrumental which was then overdubbed with vocals by Muddy Waters in 1962. It was later recorded by various rock musicians, including Jeff Beck on his album Truth, and most famously by Led Zeppelin on their debut album. On the Led Zeppelin recording, John Paul Jones double tracked the organ and the electric piano.

Since the Led Zeppelin version was released in 1969, one year after Beck's, he accused them of stealing his idea. This, along with the overall similarity between the sound of Led Zeppelin I and that of Truth, led to a long rift between Beck and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. Beck and Page had been friends for years at that point.

The Led Zeppelin version is one of the few songs to showcase the talents of all four band members, and they played it frequently at their early live shows. It was the first of their songs to feature the call-and-response blues style of music.

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