Hey, Hey, What Can I Do
"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" | |
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Single by Led Zeppelin | |
A-side | "Immigrant Song" |
Released | 5 November 1970 (1970-11-05) |
Recorded | May–June 1970 (?); 29 May 1970[1] |
Studio | Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Headley Grange, Hampshire; Olympic Sound Studios, London[1] |
Genre | Country rock[2] |
Length | 3:55 |
Label | Atlantic |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jimmy Page |
"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1970 as the B-side of the single "Immigrant Song" in the US.[3]
Releases
After its release on a single, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" was included on the Atlantic Records compilation album The New Age of Atlantic in 1972.[a] The song was first released on CD in September 1990, on the Led Zeppelin Boxed Set collection.[3] In 1992, as a 20th-anniversary release, "Immigrant Song"/"Hey, Hey What Can I Do" was issued as a "vinyl replica" CD single.
In 1993, the song was included on The Complete Studio Recordings 10-CD box set, as one of four bonus tracks on the Coda disc as well as the subsequent 12-CD Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection box set released in 2008. In 2015, the song was also included on disc one of the two companion discs of the reissue of Coda.[citation needed]
Personnel
According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin:[1]
- Robert Plant – vocals
- Jimmy Page – acoustic guitars (six-string and twelve-string), backing vocals (?)
- John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin, backing vocals (?)
- John Bonham – drums, backing vocals (?)
See also
- List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs – "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" entries
Footnotes
- ^ Some pressings of the US single (Atlantic 45-2777) list "From Atlantic LP 19128 "LED ZEPPELIN III", which only applies to the A-side, "Immigrant Song".[4]
References
- ^ a b c Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 218.
- ^ Case, George (2009). Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography. Backbeat Books. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87930-947-3.
- ^ a b Williamson, Nigel (2 August 2007). The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin. Rough Guides. pp. 66, 74–75, 214. ISBN 978-1-84353-841-7.
- ^ "Immigrant Song" / "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Single notes). New York City: Atlantic Records. 1970. B-side label. 45-2777.
Bibliography
- Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2018). Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-316-448-67-3.
External links
- "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Remaster) on YouTube
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