Paranoid (song)
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| "Paranoid" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Black Sabbath | ||||||||||
| from the album Paranoid | ||||||||||
| B-side | "The Wizard" (1970 original) | |||||||||
| Released | August 1970[1] | |||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||||||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||||||||
| Length | 2:53 | |||||||||
| Label | Vertigo | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward | |||||||||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | |||||||||
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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.[1] The song also topped the German Singles Chart.
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[edit] 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 line-up 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 No. 34 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[2] 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[3] and called the song, "a two-minute blast of protopunk".[4]
The original Black Sabbath recording has been used numerous times in various films and television shows including Sid & Nancy,[5] Dazed and Confused,[6] The Stoned Age,[7] Any Given Sunday,[8] Almost Famous,[9] and We Are Marshall.[10]
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.[11][12]
[edit] Accolades
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NME | United Kingdom | "All Time Top 100 Singles"[13] | 1976 | 41 |
| Spin | United States | "100 Greatest Singles of All Time"[14] | 1989 | 81 |
| Radio Veronica | Netherlands | "Super All-Time List"[15] | 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"[16] |
1994 | * |
| Guitarist | United Kingdom | "Top 100 Guitar Solos of All-Time"[17] | 1998 | 84 |
| Rolling Stone | United States | "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[18] | 2004 | 250 |
| Q | United Kingdom | "1010 Songs You Must Own!"[19] | 2004 | * |
| Q | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Songs of All Time"[20] | 2006 | 100 |
| VH1 | United States | "40 Greatest Metal Songs"[21] | 2006 | 34 |
| VH1 | United States | "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs"[22] | 2008 | 4 |
(*) designates unordered lists.
[edit] Covers
Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:
- Cindy & Bert: "Der Hund von Baskerville" – German schlager version, 1971
- Heavy metal band Megadeth for the Black Sabbath tribute album, Nativity in Black. At the end of the recording, while the rest of the band stops, drummer Nick Menza continues playing until singer Dave Mustaine shouts to him, to which Menza replies profanely. The cover was later nominated for a Grammy[23], and appeared on the Hidden Treasures EP.
- The Dickies on their album The Incredible Shrinking Dickies.
- The Dillinger Escape Plan for the reissue of their Under the Running Board EP.
- Synthpop band New Clear Sky on their album Newer, clearer...[24]
- Avenged Sevenfold on a tribute album called Covered, A Revolution in Sound.[25]
- Hellsongs on their debut EP Lounge[26] and again on Hymns in the Key of 666.[27]
- Type O Negative on their Origin Of The Feces EP.
- The Clay People for the Black Sabbath tribute album, Tribute To Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters.[28]
- 3rd Strike on their album Lost Angel.
- Soviet (later Russian) heavy/thrash-metal band Master(rus. Мастер) their on album Talk of the Devil.
- Mystic Prophecy as a bonus track on their album Satanic Curses.
- Steel Pole Bath Tub as a track on their debut album Butterfly Love.
- Gus Black as a track on his album Uncivilized Love.
- George Lynch as a track on his album Guitar Slinger (with Mötley Crüe's singer Vince Neil).[29]
- Adam Parfrey in the album A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows.[30]
- Rob Lamothe in the album Above the Wing is Heaven
- Green Day played it live on their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour
- Big Country Recorded it and released in on Disc2 of the Ships UK Limited Edition 2 x CD Single Set
- Queens of the Stone Age live at the VH1 Rock Honors in 2007.
- Crescencio Salgado on Hell Rules: A Tribute to Black Sabbath released in 1999.[31]
- New Wave of British Heavy Metal Band Angel Witch covered this song in their 1980's tours
- Metallica played it live at the 25th Anniversary of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, with Osbourne guest singing. This track is playable in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
- Show of Hands played a comedic snippet of the song live, which features in the hidden track on As You Were.
- Metalcore band Convoluted Tides covered the song in early 2012.[32]
[edit] Track listing
- 7" single (Vertigo 6059 010)[33]
- "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"[I] – 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.
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| Australian Go-Set National Top 60[34] | 18 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[35] | 3 |
| German Singles Chart[36] | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart[37] | 12 |
| Italian Singles Chart[38] | 9 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart[35] | 2 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[35] | 6 |
| South African Springbok Radio Top 20[39] | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[35] | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart[40] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[41] | 61 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[42] | 79 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
- ^ "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1–4 May 2006, VH1 Channel, reported by VH1.com; last accessed 10 September 2006
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. 9 December 2004. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ Rolling Stone Paranoid, retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "IMDb Sid & Nancy soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "IMDb Dazed and Confused soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "IMDb The Stoned Age soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111293/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "IMDb Any Given Sunday soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146838/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "IMDb Almost Famous soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "IMDb We are Marshall soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758794/soundtrack. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ Timo Rautio: Rokatessa roiskuu osa 3 (2004)
- ^ Walter De Camp: "Sisäpiiri: Walter De Campin tutkimuksia – Extreme-seksin maantiede" An article appeared in paper "City-lehti", 2006, issue 20, page 26 URL: http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Sis%E4piiri/2124/
- ^ "NME Lists". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_readers.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Spin: 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time (1989)". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/spin100.html#singles89. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Super All-Time List – From 1989". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/veronica.html. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "500 Songs That Shaped Rock". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/halloffame.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Guitar Lists". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/50.html. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html#500Songs. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "1010 Songs You Must Own!". rocklists.net. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1010songs.htm. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Q Lists". rocklistmusic.co.uk. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "40 Greatest Metal Songs (VH1 made a decent effort)". listology.com. http://www.listology.com/list/40-greatest-metal-songs-vh1-made-decent-effort. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "VH1’s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". stereogum.com. http://stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/list/. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ " ". Los Angeles Times. http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=megadeth&x=2&y=13.
- ^ Amazon.com review of 'Newer, clearer...".
- ^ Avenged Sevenfold To Cover Black Sabbath
- ^ http://www.theomegaorder.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16003/.f
- ^ http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/13742/Hellsongs--Hymns-in-the-Key-of-666.htm
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Tribute-To-Black-Sabbath-Eternal-Masters/release/555081
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Review Guitar Slinger". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1213816. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows Review". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r260152. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Hell Rules: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
- ^ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su1WaRuBtoo Convoluted Tides: Paranoid
- Ministry on their album "Undercover"
- ^ "Paranoid Vinyl 7" Discography". sabbath.se. http://www.sabbath.se/Discography/paranoidvinyl7.html. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "27 February 1971 Singles". poparchives.com.au. http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19710227.html. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Black Sabbath – Paranoid (song)". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Black+Sabbath&titel=Paranoid&cat=s. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "BLACK SABBATH: Paranoid (Single)". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/BLACK+SABBATH/Paranoid/single. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Paranoid". irishcharts.ie.com. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Indice per Interprete: B". hitparadeitalia.it. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ab.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "SA Charts 1969 – 1989". rock.co.za. http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(P-R).html. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "Paranoid". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=5452. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3693. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". cashboxmagazine.com. http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19701226.html. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
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