- Written by
- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.141.490-5 ASCAP, ISWC, JASRAC
- Tags
- disputed in trial episodic composition
- Comments
- The opening riff of Stairway to Heaven bears a strong resemblence with the instrumental track Taurus by Spirit [US] (1968). In 2014 Led Zeppelin was even sued for copyright by the estate of Randy California , the late frontman of Spirit [US] . However the latter lost the lawsuit because according to musicologists the descending musical pattern shared by both songs had been a common musical device for centuries.
- Published by
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SUPERHYPE PUBL INC
ASCAP
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Stairway to Heaven written by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page English November 8, 1971
- Weg naar Walhalla written by Jan Rot Dutch 2012
- Gilligan's Island (Stairway) English May 1978
- Narrow Way to Heaven written by J. John Jackson English December 1998