When the Levee Breaks - Remaster

About When the Levee Breaks - Remaster

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. According to the When The Levee Breaks Songfacts, African-American plantation workers were forced to work on the levee at gunpoint, piling sandbags to save the neighboring towns. Hence the lyrics, "I works on the levee, mama both night and day, I works so hard, to keep the water away." .

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About this song

Credited to

Led Zeppelin

Album

Led Zeppelin IV (Deluxe Edition) · Track 8 of 16

Released

November 8, 1971

Duration

7:08

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336,633 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Led Zeppelin IV (Deluxe Edition)