"Tall Cool One" is a song by the English rock singer Robert Plant. It was written by Plant and keyboardist Phil Johnstone. Plant's former Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page played guitar on the recording. It was the second single released from Plant's fourth solo studio album, Now and Zen (1988), and gave him his fourth number-one single on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.
Background The song features guitar riff samples of Led Zeppelin songs, including "Black Dog", "Dazed and Confused", "Whole Lotta Love", "The Ocean" and "Custard Pie", as well as lyrical references to "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks".
Critical reception Cash Box magazine called the song a "smoking, balls-out rocker with a really unusual skew."
Chart performance "Tall Cool One" reached No. 87 on the UK singles chart, No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, giving Plant his fourth number-one single on this chart.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1988) PeakpositionItaly Airplay (Music & Media) 16
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) 3
In popular culture "Tall Cool One" was featured in a television advertisement for Coca-Cola.
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