Dancing Days is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It appears on their 1973 album, Houses of the Holy, having been recorded at Mick Jaggers country home Stargroves in 1972, and was released as a single in France and South Africa. After recording it, the bandmates were so excited they went out on the lawn and danced to it. The music—most strikingly, the searing slide-guitar line—was inspired by Page and Plants trip to Bombay. The lyrics are an almost Beach Boys-like vision of Edenic summer ease. It was premiered on 24 March 1973 on the BBC Radio One Rosko lunch time show, as the first track from the album to be offered for radio play. Dancing Days was introduced by the band in concert well ahead of its commercial release. Although a bootleg tape purports to prove it was first played at the Wembley Empire Pool in November 1971, evidence suggests its inclusion on this tape was a hoax. The earliest live documented reference is in Seattle on 19 June 1972 where the song was performed twice: once during the main set and again as an encore.
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