Hey, Hey, What Can I Do

"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"
"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"
Single by Led Zeppelin
A-side	"Immigrant Song"
Released	5 November 1970
Recorded	May–June 1970 (?); 29 May 1970
Studio	Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Headley Grange, Hampshire; Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre	Country rock
Length	3:55
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	John Bonham; John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page; Robert Plant;
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page

"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1970 as the B-side of the single "Immigrant Song" in the US.^[3]

Releases

After its release on a single, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" was included on the Atlantic Records compilation album The New Age of Atlantic in 1972.^[a] The song was first released on CD in September 1990, on the Led Zeppelin Boxed Set collection.^[3] In 1992, as a 20th-anniversary release, "Immigrant Song"/"Hey, Hey What Can I Do" was issued as a "vinyl replica" CD single.

In 1993, the song was included on The Complete Studio Recordings 10-CD box set, as one of four bonus tracks on the Coda disc as well as the subsequent 12-CD Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection box set released in 2008. In 2015, the song was also included on disc one of the two companion discs of the reissue of Coda.^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin:^[1]

Robert Plant – vocals
Jimmy Page – acoustic guitars (six-string and twelve-string)
John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin
John Bonham – drums

Footnotes

^ Some pressings of the US single (Atlantic 45-2777) list "From Atlantic LP 19128 "LED ZEPPELIN III", which only applies to the A-side, "Immigrant Song".^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 218.
^ Case, George (2009). Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography. Backbeat Books. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87930-947-3.
^ ^a ^b Williamson, Nigel (2 August 2007). The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin. Rough Guides. pp. 66, 74–75, 214. ISBN 978-1-84353-841-7.
^ "Immigrant Song" / "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Single notes). New York City: Atlantic Records. 1970. B-side label. 45-2777.

Bibliography

Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2018). Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-316-448-67-3.

External links

"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Remaster) on YouTube

[5] Some pressings of the US single (Atlantic 45-2777) list "From Atlantic LP 19128 "LED ZEPPELIN III", which only applies to the A-side, "Immigrant Song".^[4]

[FOOTNOTEGuesdonMargotin2018218-1] Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 218.

[2] Case, George (2009). Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography. Backbeat Books. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87930-947-3.

[Williamson2007-3] Williamson, Nigel (2 August 2007). The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin. Rough Guides. pp. 66, 74–75, 214. ISBN 978-1-84353-841-7.

[4] "Immigrant Song" / "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Single notes). New York City: Atlantic Records. 1970. B-side label. 45-2777.

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