Sweet Leaf
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| "Sweet Leaf" | ||||
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| Song by Black Sabbath from the album Master of Reality | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 5:05 | |||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) |
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| Writer | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | |||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | |||
| Master of Reality track listing | ||||
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"Sweet Leaf" is a song by Black Sabbath from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song, a hymn to recreational cannabis use, got its title from a packet of cigarettes bassist Geezer Butler bought in Dublin that claimed the tobacco was "the sweet leaf." ("Sweetleaf" is also an English name for stevia.) The song begins with a tape loop of guitarist Tony Iommi coughing.[1] The song can be seen as a very early incarnation of Doom metal.
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Cover versions [edit]
"Sweet Leaf" has been covered by:
- Ugly Kid Joe on their 1991 EP As Ugly as They Wanna Be.
- Six Yard Box on their 1993 Imagination Is Greater Than Knowledge
- Storm Orphans on the 1993 Marijuana's Greatest Hits Revisited.
- Sacred Reich on the 1995 compilation album Hempilation: Freedom Is NORML.
- Stuck Mojo on their 1996 EP Violated.
- Mogwai on a 1998 split single with Magoo on Fierce Panda Records
- Ancient on the 1999 Det Glemte Riket.
- Godsmack on the 2000 Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black II.
- Six Feet Under on their 2000 album Graveyard Classics.
- Bigelf on their 2001 EP Goatbridge Palace.
- Galactic on their 2001 live album We Love 'Em Tonight: Live at Tipitina's.
- Gov't Mule on their 2003 DVD The Deepest End, Live In Concert.
- Widespread Panic on their 2004 live album Jackassolantern.
- Sapattivuosi on their 2005 Vol. 2.
- Alexisonfire on the 2006 Trailer Park Boys The Movie Soundtrack.
- Thou on the 2009 EP Through the Empires of Eternal Void.
Credited use in other songs [edit]
Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward are credited for the following songs because of the use of instrumentation of "Sweet Leaf":
- "Sweat Loaf" by The Butthole Surfers on their 1987 album Locust Abortion Technician.
- "Busted in Baylor County (Sweet Leaf version)" by Shooter Jennings on their 2005 album Put the "O" Back in Country.
Samples [edit]
Portions of "Sweet Leaf" have been sampled by:
- The Beastie Boys for "Rhymin' & Stealin" on their 1986 album Licensed to Ill.
- Murphy's Law sampled the beginning of this song at the end of "Quest for Herb", which appears on their 1989 album Back with a Bong.
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante plays the main riff as the outro on their song "Give It Away".
- Pansy Division for "Headbanger" on their 1997 compilation album More Lovin' From Our Oven.
- The ending of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" cover by Anthrax on their I'm The Man EP has Sweet Leaf main riff introduction preceded by coughing.
Other media [edit]
The original version of the song has been made available and playable in music video game Guitar Hero 5 on March 29, 2010.[2] A cover of the song is also available for download in the similar Rock Band series.
References [edit]
- ^ Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978. Rhino. 2002.
- ^ "Guitar Hero's February Downloadable Content Lineup Packs a Powerful Punch With Fresh Music From Top Bands". Activision. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
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