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Stairway to Heaven

original song written and composed by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant; first recorded by Led Zeppelin in 1970 and released in 1971
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Summary

Stairway to Heaven is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,358 views/month, #73 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Jimmy Page[3], Robert Plant[4]
  • Genre: hard rock[5], folk rock[6], progressive rock[7]
  • Follows: The Battle of Evermore[8]
  • Followed by: Misty Mountain Hop[9]
  • Producer: Jimmy Page[10]
  • Performer: Led Zeppelin[11], Pat Boone[12], Dolly Parton[13], Rodrigo y Gabriela[14]
  • Record label: Atlantic Records[15]
  • Part of: Led Zeppelin IV[16]
  • Language of work or name: English[17]
  • Has part(s): guitar solo[18]
  • Publication date: November 8, 1971[19]
  • Lyricist: Jimmy Page[20], Robert Plant[21]
  • Significant event: copyright infringement lawsuit[22]
  • Tonality: A minor[23]
  • Instrumentation: mellotron[24], Pianet[25], Fender Telecaster[26]
  • Title: Stairway to Heaven[27]
  • Different from: Stairway to Heaven[28]
  • Duration: 482 seconds[29]
  • Form of creative work: song[30]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 968ee3c5-21fa-35de-88f9-bd1c300ac3ee[32]

Why It Matters

Stairway to Heaven has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Dolly Parton Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin IV Pat Boone Robert Plant

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Performer → Led Zeppelin, Pat Boone, Dolly Parton +2
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