The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair

"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
Recorded	16 June 1969
Studio	Aeolian Hall (Studio 2), London
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock;
Length	3:00
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	John Bonham; Sleepy John Estes; John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page; Robert Plant; Willie Dixon; Robert Johnson;
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology

"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 and was broadcast on 22 June 1969. The song was later included on the live Led Zeppelin album BBC Sessions, released in 1997. It is the only known performance of the song by the band.

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. The 2016 remastered edition of The Complete BBC Sessions includes "Contains interpolations from "Let Me Love You Baby" by Willie Dixon [and] "Travelling Riverside" by Robert Johnson" in the credits for the song.^[1]

Charts

Single

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

References

^ The Complete BBC Sessions (Credits page 2). Led Zeppelin. Atlantic Records. 2016. 8122-79439-0 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Hot 100 Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1 December 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ "RPM Singles Chart - 15 December 1997". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ "RPM Singles Chart - 26 January 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[1] The Complete BBC Sessions (Credits page 2). Led Zeppelin. Atlantic Records. 2016. 8122-79439-0 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[US_mainstream_rock_chart-2] "Hot 100 Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1 December 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[Canadian_rpm30_chart-3] "RPM Singles Chart - 15 December 1997". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[Canadian_rpm_chart-4] "RPM Singles Chart - 26 January 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

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Discography
Led Zeppelin	"Good Times Bad Times" "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" "You Shook Me" "Dazed and Confused" "Black Mountain Side" "Communication Breakdown" "I Can't Quit You Baby" "How Many More Times"
Led Zeppelin II	"Whole Lotta Love" "What Is and What Should Never Be" "The Lemon Song" "Thank You" "Heartbreaker" "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" "Ramble On" "Moby Dick" "Bring It on Home"
Led Zeppelin III	"Immigrant Song" "Celebration Day" "Since I've Been Loving You" "Gallows Pole" "Tangerine" "That's the Way" "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"
Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)	"Black Dog" "Rock and Roll" "The Battle of Evermore" "Stairway to Heaven" "Misty Mountain Hop" "Four Sticks" "Going to California" "When the Levee Breaks"
Houses of the Holy	"The Song Remains the Same" "The Rain Song" "Over the Hills and Far Away" "The Crunge" "Dancing Days" "D'yer Mak'er" "No Quarter" "The Ocean"
Physical Graffiti	"The Rover" "In My Time of Dying" "Houses of the Holy" "Trampled Under Foot" "Kashmir" "In the Light" "Ten Years Gone" "The Wanton Song" "Sick Again"
Presence	"Achilles Last Stand" "For Your Life" "Nobody's Fault but Mine" "Candy Store Rock"
In Through the Out Door	"In the Evening" "Fool in the Rain" "Carouselambra" "All My Love"
Coda	"We're Gonna Groove" "I Can't Quit You Baby" "Bonzo's Montreux" "Wearing and Tearing"
Other songs	"Baby Come On Home" "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" "Travelling Riverside Blues" "White Summer" "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" "Somethin' Else"