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When the Levee Breaks is een blueslied geschreven en voor het eerst gezongen door Kansas Joe McCoy en Memphis Minnie in 1929. Het is geschreven in reactie op de ophef over de overstroming van de rivier de Mississippi in 1927.

In 1971 is het nummer bewerkt door de Engelse rockband Led Zeppelin, voor hun vierde album Led Zeppelin IV. De tekst in de Led Zeppelin-versie, die wordt toegeschreven aan Memphis Minnie én de Led Zeppelin bandleden, is deels gebaseerd op de originele tekst uit 1929.

"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

"When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin and became the final song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics. The songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin. Many other artists have performed and recorded versions of the song.