"We're Gonna Groove" (or "Groovin'" as it was originally titled) is a song written by soul artist Ben E. King and later co-credited to James Bethea. In 1964, it was released as the single B-side of King's rendition of "What Now My Love".
Led Zeppelin performed "We're Gonna Groove" as the opening number during their 1970 UK and European tours. The song was proposed for Led Zeppelin II, but did not appear until the 1982 release of Coda. Jimmy Page finished the recording at his Sol Studios, after the group disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham.
The credits for the 1982 album Coda note that the song was recorded at Morgan Studios, London, on 25 June 1969. However, this was later changed to the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January 1970, with several edits and the guitar parts overdubbed. The original concert performance, including the original guitar part appears on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD. The second song of the concert – "I Can't Quit You Baby" – was similarly adapted for the Coda album.
Lyrics
Hear my baby comin' down the track
Betcha my baby's comin' back
Someday she'll get back to me
We're gonna raise a family
We're gonna groove, yeah groove
Yeah we're gonna groove
Whoa, my baby, we're gonna love, love, love
Until the brink of day
Sweet as sweet as sweet can be
You don't know whatcha do to me
Let me say you're my one desire
You just set my soul on fire
Oh we're gonna groove, yeah groove
Yeah we're gonna groove baby
My baby, baby we're gonna love, love, love
Until the brink of day
Sweet as sweet as sweet can be
Lemme tell ya you don't know whatcha do to me
You just set my soul on fire
Woman you know you're my one desire
We gonna groove oh we gonna groove
We gonna groove yeah
And we're gonna love, love, love
Until the brink of day
We gonna groove yeah, groove
And we're gonna groove
