"In the Mood"
Single by Robert Plant
from the album The Principle of Moments
ReleasedNovember 1983
Recorded1983
StudioRockfield Studios (Monmouth, Wales)
GenrePop rock
Length5:19
LabelEs Paranza
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Plant
  • Benji LeFevre
  • Pat Moran
Robert Plant singles chronology
"Big Log"
(1983)
"In the Mood"
(1983)
"Little by Little"
(1985)
Music video
"In the Mood" on YouTube

"In the Mood" is a song by English recording artist Robert Plant from his second solo studio album, The Principle of Moments (1983). "In the Mood" was written by Plant, guitarist Robbie Blunt and bassist Paul Martinez.[1] The drummer on the recording was Genesis' Phil Collins.[2]

As a popular album track it reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.[3] It was later released as a single and entered the Billboard Hot 100 on November 19, 1983, peaking at No. 39 in January 1984. It was Plant's second Top 40 single as a solo artist, following "Big Log", also from The Principle of Moments.[4] In the UK the single peaked at No. 81 on the singles chart.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1983–84) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 81
US Billboard Top Tracks 4
US Billboard Hot 100 39

References

  1. "Robert Plant: In the Mood". allmusic. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  2. Meredith, Bill. "Robert Plant: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  3. "Robert Plant: Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 335. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  5. "The Official Charts Company - Robert Plant". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 15, 2010.


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