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{{Infobox song
| Name = Boogie with Stu
| Artist = [[Led Zeppelin]]
▲| Album = [[Physical Graffiti]]
| Released = {{Start date|1975|02|24|df=y}}
| Recorded = [[Headley Grange]], Headley, England, 1971
| Genre =
*[[Rock and roll]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/physical-graffiti-mw0000190771| title = Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti – Album Review| last = Erlewine| first = Stephen Thomas| authorlink = Stephen Thomas Erlewine| website = [[AllMusic]]| accessdate = 18 September 2014}}</ref>
*[[boogie-woogie]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Roberto Avant-Mier|title=Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwPTlGwKw3cC&pg=PA134|date=6 May 2010|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Academic]]|isbn=978-1-4411-6448-3|page=134}}</ref>
| Length = {{Duration|m=3|s=45}}
| Label = [[Swan Song Records|Swan Song]]
| Writer =
*[[John Bonham]]
*[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]]
*[[Jimmy Page]]
*[[Robert Plant]]
*[[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]]
*[[Ritchie Valens|Mrs. Valens]]
| Producer = Jimmy Page
}}
"'''Boogie with Stu'''" is a song by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Led Zeppelin]] from their 1975 album ''[[Physical Graffiti]]''.
==Recording and production==
It was a freeform jam recorded in 1971 at [[Headley Grange]] by Island Studios, London, where the band had done most of the recording for their [[Led Zeppelin IV|fourth album]]. They were using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]] and were accompanied by Rolling Stones' road manager and pianist, [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian "Stu" Stewart]], who ended up jamming with the band on [[piano]].<ref name=Complete>Dave Lewis (1994), ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|0-7119-3528-9}}.</ref>
According to [[Jimmy Page]] this song would not have emerged had it not been for the particularly informal 'live-in' environment at Headley Grange where it was recorded:
:{{quote|Some of the things that happened there, like "Boogie with Stu" where Stu turns up and plays a piano that's totally unplayable, were incredible. That was too good to miss because Stu wouldn't record, he wouldn't do solo stuff. All of these things wouldn't end up on albums as far as other people were concerned, but they did with us.<ref name="Alexander">Phil Alexander, "Up Close & Personal", ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine, February 2010, p. 72.</ref>}}
It has been reported that Plant played guitar on the track (Page playing [[mandolin]]).<ref>''Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song'', by Chris Welch, {{ISBN|1-56025-818-7}}</ref> The slapping guitar came from an overdub session with an [[ARP Instruments|ARP]] guitar synthesizer.<ref name="Complete"/> Bonham's drumming was improvised in the studio. The song was never performed live.<ref name="Complete"/>
==Original title==
The working title for this song was "Sloppy Drunk," said to be a title that [[Robert Plant]] came up with,<ref name="Complete"/> though in fact is the title of a [[Leroy Carr]] song.<ref>Shadwick, Keith. ''Led Zeppelin: The Story of a Band and Their Music, 1968-80'' (2005): 144</ref> The song was based (heavily according to author Dave Lewis) on [[Ritchie Valens]]' "Ooh, My Head," so his mother, under the name Mrs. Valens, was added to the credits.<ref name="Complete"/> Later, Valens' publisher, Kemo Music, filed suit for copyright infringement and an out of court settlement was reached.<ref>Lehmer, Larry. ''The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens'' (2004): 166</ref> As Page explained:
{{quote|What we tried to do was give Ritchie's mother credit, because we heard she never received any royalties from any of her son's hits, and Robert did lean on that lyric a bit. So what happens? They tried to sue us for all of the song!<ref>Brad Tolinski and Greg Di Bendetto, "Light and Shade", ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine, January 1998.</ref>}}
==Reception==
In a retrospective review of ''Physical Graffiti ([[Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition#Physical Graffiti|Deluxe Edition]])'', Mark Richardson of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' felt "Boogie with Stu" was one of the simplest tracks on ''Physical Graffiti'' and found he kept coming back to it more than any other track.<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Richardson|first1=Mark|title=Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV/Houses of the Holy/Physical Graffiti Album Review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19834-led-zeppelin-ivhouses-of-the-holyphysical-graffiti/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=28 July 2017|date=24 February 2015}}</ref> Richardson also believed "Boogie with Stu" is what "makes me think of what blues and early rock'n'roll meant to a certain generation of young men growing up in England during the 1950s and '60s", specifically how you would hear about lives being changed just by one record.<ref name="pitchfork" />
==Personnel==
*[[Robert Plant]] – vocals, [[acoustic guitar]]
*[[Jimmy Page]] – [[mandolin]], [[electric guitar]]
*[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] – bass guitar
*[[John Bonham]] – drums
with:
*[[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] – piano
==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==
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==External links==
*{{MetroLyrics song|led-zeppelin|boogie-with-stu}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
{{Physical Graffiti}}
{{Led Zeppelin}}
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