Length 5:28 Producer(s) Jimmy Page | Label Swan Song | |
Released 15 August 1979 (1979-08-15) Recorded Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, November–December 1978 Writer(s) John Paul Jones
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant | ||
"I'm Gonna Crawl" is the seventh and final track on Led Zeppelin's 1979 album In Through the Out Door. It was composed by John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant.
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Overview
The music to "I'm Gonna Crawl" was, in large part, composed by John Paul Jones, prepared prior to recording at Polar Studios in Sweden on a Yamaha GX-1 synthesiser, with the verses in 12/8 time. The song tells of a girl that "drives me crazy... she's the apple of my eye. I love the lady. I got to be her fool."
Dave Lewis points to the influence of people such as Wilson Pickett, O.V. Wright, and Otis Redding with Pickett’s «It’s Too Late» as a reference point.
"I'm Gonna Crawl" was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts.
The song was performed during shows by Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience in 2011.