Top 10 Led Zeppelin songs ranked by fans and two classics barely scraped the list.
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After The Beatles and Queen, are the best-selling band ever. Having dominated rock music in the 1970s, the group’s journey suddenly ended with drummer John Bonham’s death in 1980. , and John Paul Jones have reunited a couple of times since but never again after their last performance in 2007. , fans have ranked the band’s Top 10 songs on Ranker. And surprisingly two of their most famous songs only just scraped the list.
10. Whole Lotta Love
Incredibly, one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous songs is only at No 10 in this fan poll. The opening track of their second album was released in 1969 and was the band’s first US hit to be certified gold. Back in 2014, BBC Radio 2 listeners voted the track as having the greatest guitar riff of all time.
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9. Immigrant Song
Another one of Led Zeppelin’s greatest tracks is all the way back here at No 9. The 1970 hit single features Norse mythology lyrics and that iconic scream and guitar riff.
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8. Over the Hills and Far Away
The first single from 1973 album Houses of the Holy features Page on a six-string acoustic guitar before switching to electric with the rest of the band in what suddenly becomes almost a totally different song.
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7. Going to California
A folk ballad recorded for 1971’s Led Zeppelin IV, Page plays acoustic guitar with Jones on the mandolin. Meanwhile, Plant starts off with much lower vocals on lyrics about the Californian earthquake the guitarist experienced.
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