Dancing Days
{{short description|1973 single by Led Zeppelin}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Dancing Days
| cover = Over_the_Hills_and_Far_Away45.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Netherlands single picture sleeve
| type = single
| artist = Led Zeppelin
| album = Houses of the Holy
| A-side = Over the Hills and Far Away
| released = {{Start date|1973|05|24|df=y}} (US)
| recorded = 1972
| studio = Stargroves, East Woodhay, England
| genre =
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/houses-of-the-holy-mw0000190648
| title = Houses of the Holy – Album Review
| last = Erlewine
| first = Stephen Thomas
| author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine
| website = AllMusic
| access-date = October 25, 2014
}}
- boogie rock{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|date= June 25, 2022|title=The Best Summer Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-summer-songs-of-all-time-43407/|access-date=September 10, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote=...[the band] went out on the lawn and danced to it — a testament to its searing boogie power.}}
| length = 3:40
| label = Atlantic
| writer =
| producer = Jimmy Page
| prev_title = Rock and Roll
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = D'yer Mak'er
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Led_Zeppelin_-_Dancing_Days.ogg
}}
}}
"Dancing Days" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It appears on their 1973 album, Houses of the Holy, and was released as a single in the US. It was recorded at Stargroves, England in 1972. It was inspired by an Indian tune that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant heard while traveling in Bombay. This was the first track from the album to be offered for radio play by Atlantic Records. It was premiered on 24 March 1973 on the BBC Radio One Rosko lunch time show.Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|0-7119-3528-9}}.
Live performances
As with the single's A-side, "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Dancing Days" was introduced by the band in concert well ahead of its commercial release. The earliest live documented reference is in Seattle on 19 June 1972 where the song was performed twice: once during the main set and again as an encore; it was then performed frequently during the rest of this tour, with a version appearing on the live album, How the West Was Won. With the release of Houses of the Holy, however, "Dancing Days" was largely dropped from concerts, although an abridged, acoustic version was occasionally performed during the 1977 U.S. tour. A full electric version was played as an encore on 13 July 1973 at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan as featured on the "Monsters of Rock" bootleg.
Reception
In a contemporary review for Houses of the Holy, Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone gave "Dancing Days" a negative review, calling the track nothing but a piece of "filler".{{cite magazine|last1=Fletcher|first1=Gordon|title=Houses of the Holy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/houses-of-the-holy-19730607|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=14 August 2017|date=7 June 1973|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814103701/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/houses-of-the-holy-19730607|url-status=dead}}
Personnel
According to the Houses of the Holy liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Houses of the Holy|publisher=Atlantic Records|year=1973|id=K50014}}
- Robert Plant – vocals
- Jimmy Page – guitars
- John Paul Jones – bass, organ
- John Bonham – drums
See also
- List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs{{snd}}"Dancing Days" entries
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|first1=Jean-Michel|last1=Guesdon|first2=Philippe|last2=Margotin|year=2018|title=Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-316-448-67-3}}
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