GOING TO CALIFORNIA

Written by: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Run time: 3 minutes 32 seconds Recorded at: Headley Grange, Hampshire, 1971 In a nutshell: The ballad of Led Zep IV, Going To California strikes a stirring, pastoral penultimate note before the big finale. Some might scoff at the doe-eyed lyrics and youthful sentiment at work (to be fair, Plant was only 22 when he wrote them), but the spine-tingling aura of the track as a whole is hard to resist. Noted cover versions by: Zakk Wylde (1997), Amy Lee (2016)