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Tall Cool One (Robert Plant song)
1988 single by Robert Plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Tall Cool One" is a song by the English rock singer Robert Plant. It was written by Plant and keyboardist Phil Johnstone, who also co-produced Now and Zen.[2][3] Former Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page plays guitar on the recording.[4] It was the second single released from his fourth solo studio album Now and Zen (1988).
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The song features guitar riff samples of Led Zeppelin songs, including "Black Dog",[5] "Dazed and Confused", "Whole Lotta Love", [6] "The Ocean" and "Custard Pie",[7] as well as lyrical references to "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks". [8]
Critical reception
Cashbox magazine called it a "smoking, balls-out rocker with a really unusual skew."[9]
Chart performance
It reached No. 87 on the UK singles chart, No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It was Plant's fourth top of the chart rock single.[10][2]
Popular culture
"Tall Cool One" was featured in a television advertisement for Coca-Cola. [11]
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