Ozone Baby

"Ozone Baby"
Song by Led Zeppelin from the album Coda
Released	19 November 1982
Recorded	November 14, 1978
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:35
Label	Swan Song
Writer	Page/Plant
Producer	Jimmy Page
Coda track listing
"Walter's Walk" (4) "Ozone Baby" (5) "Darlene" (6)

"Ozone Baby" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin. The song was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden during the sessions for the band's final studio album In Through the Out Door in November 1978 but it was decided to leave the song off the resultant album. After the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham in 1980, the band released an album of studio outtakes in 1982 entitled Coda, and this song was included on it. It was one of three songs recorded at Polar Studios which were omitted from In Through the Out Door and later released on Coda, the other two being "Wearing and Tearing" and "Darlene".^[1]

"Ozone Baby" is a straightforward, up-tempo rock song, featuring some harmonised vocal effects from singer Robert Plant.^[1] Few Led Zeppelin studio songs included harmonised vocal effects, but it had been increasingly utilised by Plant in live performances from 1977 onwards. Despite this, "Ozone Baby" itself was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts.^[1]

This song served as inspiration for the Fuel song "Ozone (sucker)" from their 1998 debut, Sunburn.

Chart positions

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Tracks[2]	14

• Note: the song was not issued as a single. Chart data represents radio airplay of album tracks.

Personnel

• Robert Plant - vocals
• Jimmy Page - guitars
• John Paul Jones - bass guitar
• John Bonham - drums

Sources

• Lewis, Dave (2004) The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
• Welch, Chris (1998) Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, ISBN 1-56025-818-7

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9.
2. ^ "Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart - 1982". Billboard. http://www.musicvf.com/Led+Zeppelin.art. Retrieved 2009-01-17. 

External links

• ASCAP entry