Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Lyrics and Video

Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Stairway to Heaven” is a rock song by the English rock group Led Zeppelin, composed by guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist Robert Plant and recorded on their fourth studio album, Led Zeppelin IV.
It is the most requested and most played song on FM radio stations in the United States, despite never having been released as a single there. In November 2007, through download sales promoting their recent Mothership release, the song hit #37 on the UK Singles Chart.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Lyrics

Theres a lady whos sure
All that glitters is gold
And shes buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven.

Theres a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
Theres a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

Theres a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And its whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If theres a bustle in your hedgerow
Dont be alarmed now,
Its just a spring clean for the may queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
Theres still time to change the road youre on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it wont go
In case you dont know,
The pipers calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How evrything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And shes buying a stairway to heaven.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Review

The recording of “Stairway to Heaven” started in December 1970 at Island Records’ new Basing Street Studios in London. The song was completed by the addition of lyrics by Plant during the sessions for Led Zeppelin IV at Headley Grange, Hampshire, in 1971. The complete studio recording was released on Led Zeppelin IV in November 1971.

“Stairway to Heaven” continues to top radio lists of the greatest rock songs, as well as topping a recent Guitar World poll. As of 2000, the song had been broadcast on radio over three million times. It is also the biggest-selling single piece of sheet music clocking up an average of 15,000 copies yearly. In total, over one million copies have been sold.

The song’s length precluded its release in full form as a single. Despite pressure from Atlantic Records the band would not authorize the editing of the song for single release, making “Stairway to Heaven” one of the most well-known and popular rock songs never to have been released as a single. It did, however, appear as a promotional disc in the United States, on an Australian acoustic EP, and in the 1990s as a 20th anniversary promo book.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine put it at #31 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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This entry was posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 10:29 am and is filed under Music Videos.

One Response to “Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Lyrics and Video”

Bobby Says:
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:29 pm
In fact, Stairway To Heaven is the most played song in the history of the radio format. It is also, by far, the single most consistently ranked #1 rock song in polls around the world for the last 36 straight years. It’s therfore, difficult to overstate the signifcance and impact of Stairway to Heaven, rock’s single greatest song, and rock’s greatest band’s crown jewel.