Thank You is a song written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page that was recorded by English rock band Led Zeppelin for the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. Thank You signalled a deeper involvement in songwriting by singer Robert Plant: it was the first Led Zeppelin song for which he wrote all the lyrics. According to various Led Zeppelin biographies, this is also the song that made Jimmy Page realise that Plant could now handle writing the majority of the lyrics for the bands songs. Plant wrote the song as a tribute to his then-wife Maureen. The song features Hammond organ playing by John Paul Jones, which fades into a false ending before concluding with a crescendo roughly ten seconds later. This has created a problem for radio stations wishing to play the track, which must decide whether to accept the dead air or cut it off. Some stations run an edited version with the silence eliminated. For the recording of this track, Page played on a Vox 12-string guitar. It was also one of the few Led Zeppelin songs on which Page sang backing vocals.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:42:19 +0000
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