The Mob Rules
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| Single by Black Sabbath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Mob Rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7"/12" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Vertigo/Warner Bros. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Martin Birch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"The Mob Rules" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1981 album, Mob Rules.
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[edit] Track listing
- A. "The Mob Rules"
- B. "Die Young" (live)
[edit] Covers
- American heavy metal band Fozzy covered the song on their 2002 album Happenstance.
- The supergroup called Adrenaline Mob (formed by Mike Portnoy, Russell Allen and Mike Orlando) performed the track Live for their first show in Hiro Ballroom, New York City.[2]
- American heavy metal group Iced Earth released a cover of the song on the iTunes version of their 2011 album, Dystopia.
- American heavy metal band Benedictum recorded a cover of Mob Rules on their 2006 debut album, Uncreation.
[edit] In popular culture
- An alternate recording of the song was featured in the 1981 movie Heavy Metal and features Black Sabbath's original drummer, Bill Ward.[3]
- The song was used in the first trailer for the 2009 video game Brütal Legend.
- Tenacious D has covered the song live and Benedictum covered it on their 2006 debut album Uncreation.
- Although not credited, a near identical rendition of this song in MIDI format appears in the SNES and Genesis version of Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | UK Singles Chart | 46 |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic
- ^ New supergroup called Adrenaline Mob performs the Black Sabbath classic "The Mob Rules" for their first show! http://www.youtube.com/adrenalinemob1
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/trivia?tr0793314
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