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“Trampled Under Foot” by Led Zeppelin

From the album Physical Graffiti (1975)

“Trampled Under Foot” by Led Zeppelin appears on 68 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Physical Graffiti. Its best result is #41 on the 99.1 PLR Led Zeppelin 50. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #390 of the '70s.

68countdowns
26stations
#41best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot (Live at Earl's Court 1975) [Official Video] [HD]

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Led Zeppelin got funky on Physical Graffiti in 1975, and "Trampled Under Foot" is the proof. It grew out of a 1972 jam, credited to Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and the band drilled that chopping, unstoppable riff until it hit like a piston. Jones drives it from the clavinet, taking his cue from Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", while Page squeals through a wah-wah pedal and, wearing his producer's hat, splashes reverse echo across the tape.

The words lean on Robert Johnson's 1936 "Terraplane Blues", turning a car and all its parts into one long sexual double entendre, though here the story is about caving in to temptation rather than getting cheated on. Keith Harwood and Ron Nevison engineered it, and it became a regular in the band's live sets.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 378 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 58 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 268 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 244 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 264 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 405 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1998 312 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 226 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 633 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 557 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 556 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 238 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 256 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 705 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 292 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 725 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 614 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 100 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 41 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Led Zeppelin 50 50
2014 188 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 605 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 620 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 412 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 446 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 336 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 593 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 293 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 144 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 442 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 356 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 420 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 317 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 968 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 280 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 420 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 405 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 452 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 468 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 268 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2021 348 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 306 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 172 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 555 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 315 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 391 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 394 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 408 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 488 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 195 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 882 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 488 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 498 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 407 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 483 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 461 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 488 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 401 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 403 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 453 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 982 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 455 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 314 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 425 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2025 450 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 131 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 450 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 253 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 296 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Trampled Underfoot; Trampled Under Foo.

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