D'yer Mak'er - 1990 Remaster

The title is pronounced "Jamaica," as spoken by the locals in that country. It's a play on the phrase "did you make her": "She went to the Caribbean." "Jamaica?" "No, she went on her own." The title could also be a sexual reference.

Many people thought the title was pronounced "Dear Maker" and read way too much into it. Jimmy Page had an interest in the occult and Robert Plant wrote some very spiritual lyrics, which led to deeper meanings in many of Led Zeppelin's songs, but not this one.

This song was meant to imitate reggae and its "dub" derivative emerging from Jamaica in the early '70s. Bonham's inability to replicate a reggae beat on his drums, however, turned the song into an odd melange of what sounded like '50s doo-wop and reggae. This song and "The Crunge" are considered the two "joke" songs on the album.