Trampled Under Foot

"Trampled Under Foot"
Netherlands single picture sleeve
Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album Physical Graffiti
B-side	"Black Country Woman"
Released	2 April 1975 (1975-04-02) (US)
Format	7-inch 45 rpm
Recorded	Headley Grange, Headley, England, 1974 Olympic Studios, London, 1974
Genre	Hard rock funk rock
Length	5:38
Label	Swan Song
Songwriter(s)	John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology
"D'yer Mak'er" (1973) "Trampled Under Foot" (1975) "Candy Store Rock" (1976)
"D'yer Mak'er" (1973) "Trampled Under Foot" (1975) "Candy Store Rock" (1976) Audio sample 31 second sample file help

"Trampled Under Foot" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, featured on their 1975 album Physical Graffiti.

The lyrics were inspired by blues musician Robert Johnson's 1936 "Terraplane Blues." A Terraplane is a classic car, and the song uses car parts as metaphors for sex—"pump your gas," "rev all night," etc. The themes of these songs however differ; "Terraplane Blues" is about infidelity, while "Trampled Under Foot" is about giving in to sexual temptation.

The song was written by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and evolved out of a jam session in 1972.

Much rehearsal went into perfecting the relentless semi-funk riff that dominates this song.John Paul Jones has credited Stevie Wonder with the inspiration for the beat ("Superstition", 1972), which he played on a clavinet.

A rough mix of the track with less overdubbing was titled "Brandy & Coke" (Trampled Under Foot) [Initial Rough Mix]. It was released on 11 February 2015 (on iTunes), as part of the remastering process of all nine albums. The rest of the album was released on 23 February 2015.

Backed with a solid backbeat from Bonham, the song would later be sampled in dance remixes and the BBC television programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, synchronised the song with a black and white filmclip featuring dance hall girls. Guitarist Jimmy Page played wah-wah and, as producer, employed reverse echo on the recording.

"Trampled Under Foot" became a standard part of Led Zeppelin concerts from 1975 onwards, being played on every tour until 1980. It was also performed at Led Zeppelin's reunion show at the O2 Arena, London on 10 December 2007. When the song was played live, the band would often extend it with lengthy guitar and keyboard solos, and sometimes Plant would add lyrics from the song "Gallows Pole."