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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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2012|title=Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=34|isbn=978-1-78038-547-1}}</ref>
''''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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2012|title=Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=34|isbn=978-1-78038-547-1}}</ref>


For the recording of this track, Page played on a Vox 12-string guitar.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tolinski|first=Brad|coauthors=Greg DiBenedetto|date=May 1993|title=Inside the studio with Jimmy Page|url=http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en004/lza93pag.htm|journal=Guitar World|publisher=Harris Publications|volume=14|issue=5|issn=1063-4231}}</ref>
For the recording of this track, Page played on a Vox 12-string guitar.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tolinski|first=Brad|coauthors=Greg DiBenedetto|date=May 1993|title=Inside the studio with Jimmy Page|url=http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en004/lza93pag.htm|journal=Guitar World|publisher=Harris Publications|volume=14|issue=5|issn=1063-4231}}</ref>


==Live performances==
==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.
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==
==Chart positions==
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**John Bonham - drums, percussion
**John Bonham - drums, percussion
*Production:
*Production:
**[[Peter Grant]] – executive producer
**Peter Grant]] – executive producer
**Andy Johns - engineer, mixing
**Andy Johns - engineer, mixing
**Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s)  
**Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s)  

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Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)
Appears on Led Zeppelin II]]
Published by Superhype Music
Registration ASCAP 420154005
Release date 7 November 1969
Recorded 25 June 1969 at
Morgan Studios, London.
Mixed at A&R Studios, New York.
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Language English
Length 2 minutes 40 seconds
Composer Jimmy Page]], Robert Plant]]
Label Atlantic Records]]
Producer Jimmy Page
Engineer Andy Johns

'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) Peak position
Japanese Singles Chart[3] 93
US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart[4] 65

Credits

Personnel
  • 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)

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 34. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1. 
  2. ↑ Tolinski, Brad; Greg DiBenedetto (May 1993). "Inside the studio with Jimmy Page". Guitar World 14 (5). ISSN 1063-4231.
  3. ↑ Top 100 Singles - 1 March 1970. Oricon. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  4. ↑ Hot 100 Singles - 4 April 1970. Billboard. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
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