The Rover (Led Zeppelin song)

For other entities with this title, see The Rover (disambiguation).

"The Rover"
Song by Led Zeppelin
from the album Physical Graffiti
Released24 February 1975 (1975-02-24)
RecordedMay 1972; February 1974 (?); April–May 1974[1]
StudioRolling Stones Mobile Studio, Stargroves, Newbury, Berkshire; Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio, Headley Grange, Hampshire; Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio, Headley Grange, Hampshire[1]
GenreHard rock[2]
Length5:44
LabelSwan Song
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jimmy Page

"The Rover" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin written by guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant. Although mostly recorded years earlier, it was released on the group's 1975 double album, Physical Graffiti.

  1. ^ a b Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 376.
  2. ^ Case 2009, p. 141: "The overlooked and under-heard 'The Rover', though begun as an acoustic sketch in 1970, had grown into Herculean hard rock with Page's wicked pentatonic riff in E".