Tangerine (song)

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Tangerine Appears on Led Zeppelin III Published by Superhype Music Registration ASCAP 500230208 Release date 5 October 1970 Recorded July 1970 at Island Studios, London. Mixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis. Genre Folk rock Language English Length 3 minutes 12 seconds Composer Jimmy Page Label Atlantic Records Producer Jimmy Page Engineer Andy Johns 'Tangerine' is a song composed by Jimmy Page and performed by English rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on their 1970 album Led Zeppelin III. Overview The track has an acoustic country flavour courtesy of the pedal-steel guitar playing of Page. The song begins with a false start, after which Page pauses to set the right tempo. Throughout its duration, the song continually changes tempo a few bars at a time whilst the lyrics fondly recall love and contentedness. This was the second-to-last Led Zeppelin song Page wrote without any input from Robert Plant. (Bron-Yr-Aur (song)|Bron-Yr-Aur from Physical Graffiti was the last). The song uses a simple double track vocal pattern to create a recognisable lilting feel. The song uses a standard Am G D C progression for the verses before moving on to G C D progression for the chorus. This was the second Led Zeppelin song to be named after a fruit, the first being 'The Lemon Song'. 'Tangerine' appears in the motion picture Almost Famous, and can be heard during the final scene of the film. Live performances 'Tangerine' was often played live at Led Zeppelin concerts as part of the band's acoustic set from 1971 through 1972, and was revived for the Earl's Court 1975|Earls Court shows of 1975. At these latter performances, Page played the song on his Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar. During the 1975 concert at the Earls Court, Plant said that 'Tangerine' is 'a song of love in its most...innocent stages'. Credits Personnel Musicians: Jimmy Page – acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, 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