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Bring It on Home
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| "Bring It on Home" | ||
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| Song by Aleck Miller | ||
| from the album 'The Real Folk Blues' | ||
| Released | 1965 | |
| Recorded | 1963 | |
| Genre | Blues | |
| Length | 2:33 | |
| Label | Chess Records | |
| Writer(s) | Willie Dixon | |
| Producer(s) | Marshall Chess | |
| 'The Real Folk Blues' track listing | ||
| "Got to Move" (6) |
"Bring It on Home" (7) |
"Down Child" (8) |
| "Bring It on Home" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album 'Led Zeppelin II' | ||
| Released | 22 October 1969 | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Blues rock, Hard Rock | |
| Length | 4:21 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Dixon/Page/Plant | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| 'Led Zeppelin II' track listing | ||
| "Moby Dick" (8) |
"Bring It on Home" (9) |
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"Bring It on Home" is a song written by Willie Dixon and made famous by Sonny Boy Williamson II. It appears on his 1959 album Down and Out Blues, featuring a simple rhythm track and interplay between vocals and harmonica.
In 1969, English rock band Led Zeppelin recorded a similarly-titled song for their album Led Zeppelin II. The intro and outro were deliberate homages to the Sonny Boy Williamson song, while the rest of the track was an original Jimmy Page/Robert Plant composition. However, Dixon was not given a song writing credit for the track, leading to Arc Music, the publishing arm of Chess Records, bringing a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement and winning an out-of-court settlement in the 1970s. Dixon himself did not benefit until he sued Arc Music to recover his royalties and copyrights.
Plant's harmonica part was recorded in Vancouver. The band went on tour with the master tapes from Led Zeppelin II and now and then stopped into a studio to record parts.
The band frequently performed this song live at Led Zeppelin concerts, with sharp interplay between Jimmy Page's guitar, John Bonham's drums and John Paul Jones' bass. This can be seen on the Led Zeppelin DVD, which features a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970. Another version dating from 1972 is included on the live release How the West Was Won which listed the song as a medley on the cover. "Bring it on Home" was credited to (Page/Plant/Dixon), while the middle section, newly named "Bring it on Back," was credited to (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant).
From 1973, the song was dropped from the band's live setlist. However, the middle section riff was retained and served as the introduction to "Black Dog" on the band's 1973 Houses of the Holy tour, as documented on the concert film The Song Remains the Same.
A version of the song was also performed on the remastered edition of Hawkwind's eponymous first album, and another was recorded by the Edgar Broughton Band.
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
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