Song · Led Zeppelin
“Bron Y Aur Stomp” by Led Zeppelin
From the album Led Zeppelin III (1970)
“Bron Y Aur Stomp” by Led Zeppelin appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2002 and 2012. It was first released in 1970 on the album Led Zeppelin III. Its best result is #603 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,218 hard rock song of all time.
"Bron Y Aur Stomp" is Led Zeppelin kicking up dust in a country-flavored hoedown on Led Zeppelin III, released in 1970. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote it that year, and the title drops one letter from Bron-Yr-Aur, a name meaning "hill of gold": the cottage in Gwynedd where the band holed up after a North American tour to work up a good chunk of the album, with no electricity and no running water to distract them.
The tune owes a heavy debt to "Waggoner's Lad" by Bert Jansch, the Scottish folk musician who helped found Pentangle, and the words follow Plant on a ramble through the woods with his blue-eyed merle dog, Strider, reportedly named for Tolkien's Aragorn. Page produced, Andy Johns engineered and mixed with Terry Manning also engineering, and Peter Grant is credited as executive producer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 893 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2012 | 603 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
Also listed as: Bron-y-aur-Stomp.
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