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Filmography of Led Zeppelin.

The following is the filmography of the musical group Led Zeppelin.


Film releases

Certifications based on RIAA (US), BPI (UK), CRIA (Canada), ARIA (Australia), RIANZ (New Zealand). Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver award categories vary between countries. NB: Some countries have not updated certifications and sales figures for many years, after initial album release.

Film information
The Song Remains the Same


  • VHS/Laser Disc/CD-Video/DVD/HD DVD/Blu Ray
  • Catalogue: Warner Brothers PES 61389
  • Original cinema release: October 20, 1976 (US), November 4, 1976 (UK)
  • First video release date: 1984 (UK), July 1, 1991 (US)
  • Certifications: US 10x Platinum (December 2006) US sales: 176,000, UK sales: 36,000
  • Scene listing:
    • Mob Rubout, Big Apple Credits, Country Life ("Autumn Lake"), New York ("Bron-Yr-Aur"), "Rock and Roll", "Black Dog", "Since I've Been Loving You", "No Quarter", Who's Responsible?, "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song", Fire and Sword, Capturing the Castle, Not Quite Backstage Pass, "Dazed and Confused", Strung Out, Magic in the Night, Gate Crasher, No Comment, "Stairway to Heaven", "Moby Dick", Country Squire Bonham, "Heartbreaker", Grand Theft, "Whole Lotta Love", End Credits ("Stairway to Heaven")
DVD


  • Double DVD with menu clips
  • Catalogue: Atlantic R2-970198 (US), Atlantic 0349 70198 2 (UK)
  • Release date: May 26, 2003 (UK), May 27, 2003 (US)
  • Certifications: US sales: 1 million, UK 4x Platinum (2005) UK sales: 210,000, Canada 2x Diamond (December 2004) Canada sales: 100,000, Australia 7x Platinum (December 2007)
  • Scene listing:
    • Disc 1: "We're Gonna Groove", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Dazed and Confused", "White Summer", "What Is and What Should Never Be", "How Many More Times", "Moby Dick", "Whole Lotta Love", "Communication Breakdown", "C'mon Everybody", "Something Else", "Bring It on Home", "Communication Breakdown" (promo clip), "Communication Breakdown", "Dazed and Confused", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times", "Dazed and Confused", "Communication Breakdown", "Dazed and Confused" (edited)
    • Disc 2: "Immigrant Song", "Black Dog", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Since I've Been Loving You", "The Ocean", "Going to California", "That's the Way", "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp", "In My Time of Dying", "Trampled Underfoot", "Stairway to Heaven", "Rock and Roll", "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "Sick Again", "Achilles Last Stand", "In the Evening", "Kashmir", "Whole Lotta Love", "You'll Never Walk Alone", Press conference, "Rock and Roll", Robert Plant and Jimmy Page interview, Robert Plant interview, "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Travelling Riverside Blues"
Mothership (Bonus disc edition)


  • Bonus DVD highlights disc
  • Catalogue: Atlantic R2 313212
  • Release date: November 12, 2007 (UK) November 13, 2007 (US)
  • Certifications: See Discography#Compilations and boxed sets
  • Scene listing:
    • Bonus disc (3): "We're Gonna Groove", "I Can't Quit You Babe", "Dazed and Confused", "White Summer", What Is and What Should Never Be, "Moby Dick", "Whole Lotta Love", "Communication Breakdown", "Bring It on Home", "Immigrant Song", "Black Dog", Misty Mountain Hop", "The Ocean", "Going to California", "In My Time of Dying", "Stairway to Heaven", "Rock and Roll", "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "Kashmir", "Whole Lotta Love"

Appearances in other films

  • The Rolling Stones Rock 'n' Roll Circus - December 11, 1968 (cancelled)
  • Supershow - March 25, 1969 (Virgin Vision VVD 167 featuring "Dazed and Confused")
  • Royal Albert Hall - January 9, 1970 (shelved, featuring "We're Gonna Groove", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side", "Communication Breakdown", "Whole Lotta Love", "C'mon Everybody", "Long Tall Sally", Medley: "Great Balls of Fire", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Move On Down the Line". Selected clips later re-used on DVD)
  • Live Aid - July 13, 1985 (shelved, featuring "Rock and Roll", "Whole Lotta Love", and "Stairway to Heaven")
  • Rock Aid Armenia - July 8, 1989 (Virgin Video VVD 636 featuring "Dazed and Confused")

Video charting positions

Chart positions as at February 2, 2008 based on Billboard (US), Record Retailer (UK), CRIA (Canada), ARIA (Australia), RIANZ (New Zealand), other international charts available at [1]

Video
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Highest chart positions
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UK
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Swiss
Video Chart
The Song Remains the Same 1984 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 65 - - - - - -
DVD 2003 1 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - 1 18 - - 1 - 1 -
Mothership 2007 See Discography#Album charting positions

Television appearances

  • BBC - Late February 1969 (promo clip "Communication Breakdown", later screened on Japanese television)
  • Swedish TV - March 14, 1969 (promo clip "Communication Breakdown")
  • Danish TV - March 17, 1969 (Mini-concert filmed for Byen TV featuring "Communication Breakdown", "Dazed and Confused", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times")
  • How Late It Is - March 21, 1969 (BBC 2 featuring performance of "Communication Breakdown")
  • Beat Club - March 27, 1969 (German TV pre-recorded performances of "Dazed and Confused", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", and "You Shook Me")
  • Jam TV - March 29, 1969 (Dutch TROS TV pre-recorded performance of "Good Times Bad Times")
  • Tous En Scene - June 19, 1969 (Mini-concert filmed for French TV featuring "Communication Breakdown", and "Dazed and Confused")
  • Beat Club - March 28, 1970 (German TV clip using library footage to "Whole Lotta Love")
  • Julie Felix Show - April 23, 1970 (BBC 1 Jimmy Page performance with "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side")
  • Iceland TV - June 22, 1970 (TV interview with Robert Plant)
  • Nationwide - September 16, 1970 (BBC 1 interview with Robert Plant and John Bonham)
  • Press conference - September 18, 1970 (NBC TV press conference with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant)
  • 24 Hours - Late October, 1970 (BBC 2 interview with Peter Grant)
  • Get to Know - February 27, 1972 (ABC TV interview with John Bonham. Concert footage featuring "Rock and Roll" and "Let's Have a Party")
  • Hard Rock Heaven - May 27, 1972 (Dutch TV off-stage footage with edited performance of "Immigrant Song")
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - March 20, 1973 (BBC 2 clip using library footage to "No Quarter")
  • NBC Nightly News - July 31, 1973 (NBC TV feature on the music industry, with Led Zeppelin. Features performance of Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones with "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside")
  • NBC Nightly News - August 31, 1973 (NBC TV interview with Robert Plant)
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - January 17, 1975 (BBC 2 interview with Robert Plant)
  • Press conference - February 7, 1975 (NBC TV press conference with Peter Grant)
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - February 21, 1975 (BBC 2 clip using library footage to "Trampled Underfoot" and "Houses of the Holy")
  • The Midnight Special - March 28, 1975 (NBC TV interview with Robert Plant)
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - April 6, 1976 (BBC 2 clip using library footage to "Achilles Last Stand")
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - October 5, 1976 (BBC 2 "Black Dog" clip from The Song Remains the Same" film)
  • Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - October 23, 1976 (NBC TV "Black Dog" clip and "Dazed and Confused" bow segment from The Song Remains the Same film)
  • Old Grey Whistle Test - November 2, 1976 (BBC 2 interview with Robert Plant and Peter Grant. "Dazed and Confused" bow segment from The Song Remains the Same film)
  • Tiswas - June 1978 (Central TV appearance with Robert Plant)
  • All Right Now - March 4, 1980 (Tyne Tees TV interview with John Bonham. "Moby Dick" clip from The Song Remains the Same film)

Television themes

  • Disco 2 - 1970 (BBC 2 with "Moby Dick")
  • Search - 1970s (BBC 1 with "Whole Lotta Love")
    • NB: BBC1's Top of the Pops instrumental theme featuring "Whole Lotta Love" was played by Alexis Korner's CCS.

Songs used on other films

  • Homer - 1970 ("How Many More Times")
  • Drummer Crab - 1977 ("Kashmir")
  • Her Name Was Lisa - 1979 ("Dazed and Confused")
  • Choice of Arms - 1981 ("Since I've Been Loving You")
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High - 1982 ("Kashmir")
  • Godzilla - 1998 (see Discography#Remixs and mashups)
  • Small Soldiers - 1998 ("Communication Breakdown")
  • One Day in September - 1999 ("Immigrant Song")
  • Almost Famous - 2000 ("That's the Way", "Misty Mountain Hop", "The Rain Song", "Bron-Y-Aur", "Tangerine")
  • Dogtown and Z-Boys - 2001 ("Achilles Last Stand", "Hots on for Nowhere")
  • Süd. Grenze - 2001 ("Since I've Been Loving You")
  • True Dreams - 2002 ("No Quarter")
  • Mayor of the Sunset Strip - 2003 ("Sick Again")
  • School of Rock - 2003 ("Immigrant Song")
  • Ocean's Twelve - 2004 ("Kashmir")
  • Shrek 3 - 2007 ("Immigrant Song")

Songs used on television

  • Midsummer Rock - 1970 ("Heartbreaker")
  • Beavis and Butt-Head - 1993 (Episode: "Kidnapped", song: "Over the Hills and Far Away")
  • The Sopranos - 2001 (Episode: "Fortunate Son", song: "Rock and Roll")
  • Shabatot VeHagim - 2003 (Episode: "Air Guitar", song: "Dazed and Confused")
  • One Tree Hill - 2006 (Episode: "The Show Must Go On", song: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You")
  • 20 to 1 - 2006 (Episode: "Greatest Songs of All Time", song: "Stairway to Heaven")
  • The Eight - 2006 (Episode: "Shutafey Sod", song: "Since I've Been Loving You")
  • Druckfrisch - 2007 (Episode: "5.2", song: "D'yer Mak'er")

Bootlegs

See Related Articles#Bootlegs

Notes