Tall Cool One (Robert Plant song)

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"Tall Cool One"
Single by Robert Plant
from the album Now and Zen
B-side"White, Clean and Neat"
ReleasedApril 1988[1]
Recorded1987
GenreRock
Length4:40
LabelEs Paranza
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Robert Plant singles chronology
"Heaven Knows"
(1988) 		"Tall Cool One"
(1988) 		"Ship of Fools"
(1988)
Music video
"Tall Cool One" on YouTube

"Tall Cool One" is a song by the English rock singer Robert Plant. The song 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 song.[4] It was the second single released from his fourth solo studio album Now and Zen (1988).

Background[edit]

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[edit]

Cashbox magazine called it a "smoking, balls-out rocker with a really unusual skew."[9]

Chart performance[edit]

It reached No. 87 on the UK singles chart, No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It was Plant's fourth number-one rock single.[10][2]

Popular culture[edit]

"Tall Cool One" was featured in a television advertisement for Coca-Cola. [11]

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Tall Cool One"
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 47
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 87
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 25
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[15] 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Great Rock Discography". p. 477.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Plant: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "Robert Plant: Tall Cool One". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  4. ^ Iyengar, Vik. "Robert Plant: Now & Zen". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  5. ^ Rodriguez, Carlos Xavier (2004). Bridging the gap: popular music and music education. The National Association for Music Education. p. 58. ISBN 1-56545-158-9. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  6. ^ Swenson, John (October 14, 1998). "Page captures Zeppelin magic". The Bryan Times. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  7. ^ Caudle, Todd (September 15, 1990). "Plant's riveting rock show rooted in past / Long-lived artist refuses to rest on his laurels". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. Colorado Springs, Colorado. p. D.5. "Tall Cool One" ... ended with a few strokes of "Custard Pie" and "The Ocean," to bring Plant's historical record full circle.
  8. ^ "The Golden God : Robert Plant". Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  9. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cashbox. April 2, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  10. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Robert Plant". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  11. ^ "Robert Plant: Biography". Rolling Stone. March 28, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  12. ^ "Robert Plant – Tall Cool One". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Robert Plant Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Robert Plant Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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