"Whole Lotta Love" is a song originated by blues songwriter Willie Dixon and most famously covered by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on their second album, Led Zeppelin II. It was their first hit single. In 2004, the song was ranked #75 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Whole Lotta Love" at number 3 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It also the last track the band ever played as a whole.
It was recorded at various studios in New York and Los Angeles during the band's second concert tour of the United States and assembled by Jimmy Page at Olympic Studios in London. Already part of their live repertoire, it saw its first official release on the LP Led Zeppelin II on October 22 1969 (Atlantic LP #8236).
