The song Stairway to Heaven originated in 1970 when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant spent time at Bron-Yr-Aur, a remote cottage in Wales, following Led Zeppelin’s fifth American tour. According to Page, he wrote the music “over a long period, the first part coming at Bron-Yr-Aur one night.” He always kept a cassette recorder nearby, and the song gradually came together from various taped ideas. The initial lyrics were written by Plant next to a log fire at Headley Grange, with much of them being spontaneously improvised. Page recalled that “a huge percentage of the lyrics were written there and then” while he played the chords and Plant wrote with pencil and paper.
The song Stairway to Heaven originated in 1970 when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant spent time at Bron-Yr-Aur, a remote cottage in Wales, following Led Zeppelin’s fifth American tour. According to Page, he wrote the music “over a long period, the first part coming at Bron-Yr-Aur one night.” He always kept a cassette recorder nearby, and the song gradually came together from various taped ideas.
The initial lyrics were written by Plant next to a log fire at Headley Grange, with much of them being spontaneously improvised. Page recalled that “a huge percentage of the lyrics were written there and then” while he played the chords and Plant wrote with pencil and paper.