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Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)
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Appears on
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Led Zeppelin II]]
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Published by
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Superhype Music
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Registration
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ASCAP 420154005
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Release date
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7 November 1969
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Recorded
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25 June 1969 at Morgan Studios, London. Mixed at A&R Studios, New York.
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Genre
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Hard rock, blues rock
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Language
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English
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Length
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2 minutes 40 seconds
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Composer
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Jimmy Page]], Robert Plant]]
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Label
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Atlantic Records]]
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Producer
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Jimmy Page
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Engineer
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Andy Johns
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'Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)' is a song by the England|English]] rock music|rock]] band Led Zeppelin]] from their album Led Zeppelin II]], released in 1969. It was also released as the b-side]] of the single (music)|single]] 'Whole Lotta Love]]'. The song is about a persistent groupie]] who exasperated the band early in their career.[1]
For the recording of this track, Page played on a Vox 12-string guitar.[2]
Live performances
Even though the song was never performed, there was a single show in Dusseldorf during which a short segment of the song was played right after the band's song 'Heartbreaker (song)|Heartbreaker]]' on 12 March 1970, as bootlegs from that date show attest. It was also one of the few Led Zeppelin songs on which Page sang backing vocals]]. Conversely, singer Robert Plant]] played it on his 1990 solo tour.
Chart positions
Single
Chart (1970)
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Peak position
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Japanese Singles Chart[3]
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93
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US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart[4]
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65
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Credits
Personnel
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- Musicians:
- Jimmy Page – electric guitar, backing vocals, 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)
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References
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