The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair

"The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair"
Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album BBC Sessions
B-side	"Whole Lotta Love (Medley)"
Released	11 November 1997
Format	CD single: US
Recorded	16 June 1969
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	3:00
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Bonham/Estes/Jones/Page/Plant
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology
"Baby Come On Home" (1993) "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (1997)

"The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (also known as "The Girl I Love") is a song performed by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded by the BBC on 16 June 1969 for Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae show during the band's UK Tour of Summer 1969, being broadcast on 22 June 1969. The song eventually found its way onto the live Led Zeppelin album BBC Sessions, released in 1997. This is the only known performance of the song by the band, as no other audio document has been unearthed of it being performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts.

The guitar riff played by Jimmy Page that drives this song is similar to that played by Page on the later Led Zeppelin track "Moby Dick", released in October 1969 on the album Led Zeppelin II. The lyrics in the first verse are an adaptation of the 1929 blues recording "The Girl I Love She Got Long Curley Hair" by Sleepy John Estes. Snippets of the song appeared in the "Whole Lotta Love" medley until 1971.

Chart positions

Single

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[1]	4
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 Chart[2]	4
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[3]	49

References

1. "Hot 100 Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1 December 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
2. "RPM Singles Chart - 15 December 1997". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
3. "RPM Singles Chart - 26 January 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.