The song is about giving love to a woman, and she no choice. If she doesn't want it, Robert Plant is ready to send her ass "back to schoolin." That's what I think. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
The song has become enormously popular; after forty years later, it's still in regular rotation on classic rock radio. In fact, numerous accolades have been attributed to the song over the years. Wikipedia has a great compilation of this:
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spin | United States | "100 Greatest Singles of All Time" | 1989 | 39 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | United States | "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" | 1994 | * |
Classic Rock | United Kingdom | "Ten of the Best Songs Ever!.. (Bubbling under)" | 1999 | 30 |
VH1 | United States | "The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time" | 2009 | 46 |
Rolling Stone | United States | "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" | 2003 | 75 |
Q | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever" | 2005 | 3 |
Toby Creswell | Australia | "1001 Songs: the Great Songs of All Time" | 2005 | * |
Grammy Awards | United States | "Grammy Hall of Fame Award" | 2007 | * |
Rolling Stone | United States | "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" | 2008 | 11 |
VH1 | United States | "VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" | 2009 | 3 |
You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin'
I'm gonna send ya back to schoolin'
Way down inside, a-honey, you need it
I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you my love, oh
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
You've been yearnin'
And baby, I been burnin'
All them good times
Baby, baby, I've been discernin'-a
A-way, way down inside
A-honey, you need-a
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
Oh, whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
I don't want more
You've got to bleed on me, yeah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ha, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah, ha, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
No, no, no, no, ah
Love, love, low-ow-ow-ow-ove
Oh, babe, oh
You been coolin'
And baby, I've been droolin'
All the good times, baby, I've been misusin'-a/Oh
A-way, way down inside
I'm gonna give ya my love/Ah
I'm gonna give ya every inch of my love/Ah
I'm gonna give you my love/Ah
Yes, alright, let's go/Ah
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Way down inside/ Way down inside
Way downinside, woman, you/woman
woman, you/you need it
need/Love
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my/Ahh
Oh, shake for me, girl
I wanna be your backdoor man-a
Hey, oh, hey, oh/Ahh
Hey, oh, oooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Hoo-ma, ma, hey
Keep a-coolin', baby
A-keep a-coolin', baby
A-keep a-coolin', baby
Uh, keep a-coolin', baby, wuh, way-hoh, oo-ohh
You'd be fooling yourself if you say that this song is not about bum sex. That is all.
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