Big Log

"Big Log"
Single by Robert Plant
from the album The Principle of Moments
B-side "Messin' with the Mekon" (UK)
"Far Post" (US)
Released July 1983
Format
Recorded 1983 at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales
Genre
Length 5:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Plant
  • Benji LeFevre
  • Pat Moran
Robert Plant singles chronology
"Pledge Pin"
(1982)		 "Big Log"
(1983)		 "In the Mood"
(1983)

"Pledge Pin"
(1982)		 "Big Log"
(1983)		 "In the Mood"
(1983)

"Big Log" is a song by English recording artist Robert Plant from his second solo studio album, The Principle of Moments (1983). It was the first single from the album and became his first Top 40 solo hit, peaking at No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.

Bassist Viktor Krauss recorded a cover of "Big Log" on his 2004 album Far From Enough. Krauss' sister Alison, who would record the album Raising Sand with Plant three years later, sang lead vocals on the track.

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed on location in various areas around California and Nevada, including the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley Junction, California, the Calico Ghost Town in California, the Glass Pool Inn in Las Vegas, and in Crystal, Nye County, Nevada.

Track listing

  • UK 7" Single

A: "Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03
B: "Messin' with the Mekon" (Plant, Blunt, Paul Martinez) – 4:40

  • US 7" Single

A: "Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03
B: "Far Post" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 4:44

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 23
Belgian Singles Chart[2] 5
Dutch Top 40[3] 5
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 7
UK Singles Chart[5] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 20

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Belgian charts portal". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Robert Plant - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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