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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89/100 (from 952 votes)

     

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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 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.

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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. (Edited)

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From Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/04/2012 02:09 | #56677

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

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From AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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. (Edited)

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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! (Edited)

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