3 Things to Know About Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” Song

The song was cut from its own album Led Zeppelin recorded “Houses of the Holy” during the 1972 sessions for the album of the same name, but the band felt it didn’t fit the album’s flow, so they left it off.

It ended up on Physical Graffiti as a bonus track Two years later, they released the song on Physical Graffiti, where it served as a title track that fans would recognize and wonder about.

It wasn’t the only leftover on that album Other Physical Graffiti tracks like “The Rover,” “Night Flight,” and “Down by the Seaside” were also leftovers from earlier sessions, making the double album a mix of outtakes and new material.