Vocal:
Throughout the song there is a question and answer pattern between the vocals and the guitar when the line “Wanna whole lotta love” is sung.
Meaning behind “Whole lotta love”
“It's something that I personally need, something I just have to have. We bottle it all up,
and when we go onstage we can let it all pour out. The song is very good for us. I suppose in a way it's become a Zeppelin cliché, but it's also a vehicle to other things... to
give people the chance of hearing things that we reckon are worth hearing.” Quote from Robert Plant, Led Zeppelins singer. The lyrics state the fact this song is about someone that does not feel love or does not understand love fully and the singer is possibly trying to reach out to them and understand the meaning of love. “I’m gonna send you back to schoolin” This outtake from the lyrics represents the singer trying to reach out to this person and teach them the meaning of love.
Whole lotta love lyrics
You need coolin’, baby, I’m not foolin’,
I’m gonna send you back to schoolin’,
Way down inside honey, you need it,
I’m gonna give you my love,
I’m gonna give you my love.
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
You’ve been learnin’, baby, I bean learnin’,
All them good times, baby, baby, I’ve been yearnin’,
Way, way down inside honey, you need it,
I’m gonna give you my love,
I’m gonna give you my love.
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
You’ve been coolin’, baby, I’ve been droolin’,
All the good times I’ve been misusin’,
Way, way down inside, I’m gonna give you my love,
I’m gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.
Yeah! all right! let’s go!
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Way down inside, woman,
You need love.
Shake for me, girl
I wanna be your backdoor man.
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Keep a-coolin’, baby,
Keep a-coolin’, baby.