Killing Floor (Howlin' Wolf song)

"Killing Floor"
Single by Howlin' Wolf
B-side	"Louise"
Released	1964 (1964)–1965
Recorded	Chicago, August 1964
Genre	Blues
Length	2:48
Label	Chess
Songwriter(s)	Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf singles chronology
"My Country Sugar Mama" (1964) "Killing Floor" (1964) "Tell Me What I Have Done" (1965)

"Killing Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics of Chicago electric blues",^[1] "Killing Floor" became a blues standard with recordings by various artists. It has been acknowledged by the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. English rock group Led Zeppelin adapted the song for their "The Lemon Song", for which Howlin' Wolf is named as a co-author.