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Name | Paranoid |
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Cover | Paranoid-The Wizard 1970 7.jpg |
Artist | Black Sabbath |
From album | Paranoid |
B-side | "The Wizard" (1970 original) |
Released | 1970 |
Format | 7" vinyl |
Recorded | 1970 |
Genre | Heavy metal |
Length | 2:53 |
Label | Vertigo |
Writer | Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne |
Producer | Rodger Bain |
Last single | "The Wizard"(1970) |
This single | "Paranoid"(1970) |
Next single | "Iron Man"(1970) |
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"Paranoid" is a song by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, featured on their second album Paranoid (1970). It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song "The Wizard". It reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the song topped the German Singles Chart.
Legacy"Paranoid" is consistently ranked as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. It is typically associated with both Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath due to its popularity. After Osbourne left the band in 1979 to pursue a solo career, he continued to perform this track normally at the end of the set. Various different live versions have been recorded with Osbourne. This is due to the changes in band lineup since the original Blizzard of Ozz in 1980. Popular live versions featuring various guitarists including Randy Rhoads, Brad Gillis, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde were all recorded and later released.It was ranked #34 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 11 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Rolling Stone ranked it number 250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and called the song, "a two-minute blast of protopunk". In 2009, it was named the 4th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. The original Black Sabbath recording has been used numerous times in various films and television shows including Sid & Nancy, Dazed and Confused, The Stoned Age, Any Given Sunday, Almost Famous, and We Are Marshall. In Finland, Paranoid has the same status as Free Bird in the United States, Raul Seixas in Brazil or Stairway to Heaven in the United Kingdom as a song the audience finds great humour to request during a concert. So regardless of the band or the style of music they're playing "Soittakaa Paranoid!" ("Play Paranoid!") can usually be heard at least once during any gig.
Accolades{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Publication ! Country ! Accolade ! Year !align="center"|Rank |- | NME | United Kingdom | "All Time Top 100 Singles" | 1976 | 41 |- | Spin | United States | "100 Greatest Singles of All Time" | 1989 | 81 |- | Radio Veronica | Holland | "Super All-Time List" | 1989 | 16 |- | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | United States | "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" | 1994 | * |- | Guitarist | United Kingdom | "Top 100 Guitar Solos of All-Time" | 1998 | 84 |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "Greatest Rock Songs" | 2003 | 136 |- | Rolling Stone | United States | "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" | 2004 | 250 |- | Q | United Kingdom | "1010 Songs You Must Own!" | 2004 | * |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "100 Greatest Metal Songs" | 2005 | 4 |- | Q | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Songs of All Time" | 2006 | 100 |- | VH1 | United States | "40 Greatest Metal Songs" | 2006 | 34 |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "100 Greatest Metal Guitar Riffs" | 2008 | 4 |- | VH1 | United States | "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" | 2008 | 4 |- |}(*) designates unordered lists.
CoversCover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:
Track listing;7" single (Vertigo 6059 010) # "Paranoid" – 2:45 # "The Wizard" – 4:20;7" single (Vertigo 6059 014) #"Paranoid" – 2:50 #"Rat Salad" - 2:30 ;7" singles (Vertigo AS 109) #"Paranoid" – 2:50 #"Happy Being Me" - 15:54 ;7" 1977 re-release (Immediate 103 466) #"Paranoid" – 2:50 #"Evil Woman" - 3:25 ;7" 1977 re-release (Nems SRS 510.044) #"Paranoid" – 2:50 #"Tomorrow's Dream" - 3:11 ;7" 1980 re-release (Spiegelei INT 110.604) # "Paranoid" – 2:45 # "Snowblind" - 5:25 I "Happy Being Me" is performed by Manfred Mann Chapter Three and appears on their second album Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two.
Chart positions{|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1970) !align="center"|Peak position |- | Australian Go-Set National Top 60 |align="center"|18 |- | Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|3 |- | German Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- | Irish Singles Chart |align="center"|12 |- | Italian Singles Chart |align="center"|9 |- | Netherlands Singles Chart |align="center"|3 |- | Swiss Singles Chart |align="center"|4 |- | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|61 |- | U.S. Cash Box Top 100 |align="center"|79 |- |}
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Category:Black Sabbath songs Category:1970 singles Category:Number-one singles in Germany Category:Songs written by Ozzy Osbourne Category:Songs written by Tony Iommi Category:Songs written by Geezer Butler Category:Songs written by Bill Ward This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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