Tangerine (song)

Tangerine
Appears on	Led Zeppelin III
Published by	Superhype Music
Registration	ASCAP 500230208
Release date	5 October 1970
Recorded	July 1970 at; Island Studios, London.; Mixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis.
Genre	Folk rock
Language	English
Length	3 minutes 12 seconds
Composer	Jimmy Page
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Jimmy Page
Engineer	Andy Johns

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Overview[edit]

The track has an acoustic country flavour courtesy of the pedal-steel guitar playing of Page.^[1]^[2] The song begins with a false start, after which Page pauses to set the right tempo. Throughout its duration, the song continually changes tempo a few bars at a time whilst the lyrics fondly recall love and contentedness. This was the second-to-last Led Zeppelin song Page wrote without any input from Robert Plant. (Bron-Yr-Aur (song)|Bron-Yr-Aur from Physical Graffiti was the last).

The song uses a simple double track vocal pattern to create a recognisable lilting feel. The song uses a standard Am G D C progression for the verses before moving on to G C D progression for the chorus. This was the second Led Zeppelin song to be named after a fruit, the first being 'The Lemon Song'. 'Tangerine' appears in the motion picture Almost Famous, and can be heard during the final scene of the film.

Live performances[edit]

'Tangerine' was often played live at Led Zeppelin concerts as part of the band's acoustic set from 1971 through 1972, and was revived for the Earl's Court 1975|Earls Court shows of 1975.^[3] At these latter performances, Page played the song on his Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar. During the 1975 concert at the Earls Court, Plant said that 'Tangerine' is 'a song of love in its most...innocent stages'.^[4]

Credits[edit]

Personnel
Musicians: Jimmy Page – acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, producer, remastering, digital remastering Robert Plant – vocals John Paul Jones – bass guitar John Bonham - drums, percussion Production: Peter Grant – executive producer Andy Johns - engineer, mixing Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s) George Marino - remastered CD engineer (1990)

References[edit]

↑ Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 44. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1.
↑ Steven Rosen, 1977 Jimmy Page Interview, Modern Guitars, 25 May 2007 (originally published in the July 1977, issue of Guitar Player magazine).
↑ Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 38. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1.
↑ Led Zeppelin DVD(2003).

[1] Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 44. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1.

[2] Steven Rosen, 1977 Jimmy Page Interview, Modern Guitars, 25 May 2007 (originally published in the July 1977, issue of Guitar Player magazine).

[3] Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 38. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1.

[4] Led Zeppelin DVD(2003).

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