Cultural Influence
See also: List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songsThe song has been widely covered by many artists. It was famous in the United Kingdom for having been the theme music for the long-running television programme Top of the Pops during the 1970s and 1980s. It also featured in the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on 24 August 2008, in a rewritten version with Jimmy Page on guitar and Leona Lewis providing the vocals. Both Lewis and the organisers requested that some of the lyrics be changed, notably "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love". Lewis felt that the line made little sense coming from a female singer.
The main riff of the song was also excerpted in a Frank Zappa live performance excerpted on the Läther album (originally intended for release in 1977, but not officially released until 1996) as "Duck Duck Goose". A more complete version was issued as a bonus track entitled "Leather Goods". (The latter track also contains an excerpt from "Dazed and Confused").
In the 1980s Detroit television station WXON used the instrumental bridge from the song as intro music for its weekly horror film program Thriller Double Feature.
In 2008, the song was featured on Led Zeppelin - The Ride at the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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