Going To California (track)
by Led Zeppelin

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Going To California by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
From the album Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #7)

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Going To California appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:

• Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #7) (this album) (1971)
• BBC Sessions (track #21) (1997)
• How The West Was Won (track #8) (2003)
• The Complete Studio Recordings (track #35) (compilation) (1993)
• Led Zeppelin (Box Set) (track #22) (compilation) (1990)
• Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (track #7) (compilation) (2018)
• An Introduction To Led Zeppelin (track #7) (compilation) (2018)

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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.8/100, a mean average of 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.

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From Squonk007 04/17/2022 13:40 | #284325

Beautiful song, love it.

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From TheSmiths82-87 06/17/2021 09:20 | #270726

I love the Joni Mitchell influence here.

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From BLO 03/04/2018 22:42 | #210112

I love this song, probably my favorite Zep song. It's so sad and melancholy, yet hopeful.

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From PaperVinnie 02/22/2018 14:45 | #209217

Possibly the best song off of the album if I'm being honest.

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From Egophobia 01/02/2017 21:27 | #181532

Beautiful song!

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From AAL2014 06/25/2016 04:41 | #169739

Beautiful guitar work from Page and another beautiful vocal track from Plant who also wrote some gorgeous lyrics for this.

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From Imaybeparanoid 08/20/2015 14:01 | #148093

Very nice

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From Anti 04/20/2014 22:19 | #109626

Very folky...

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From Jasonconfused 12/04/2012 02:09 | #56677

I guess it helps that I'm from California... but seriously. This is a beautiful song.

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