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Paranoid is a song by Black Sabbath that appears on the band’s second album Paranoid. Supposedly, the members of Black Sabbath put together this song in 15 minutes based on a solo by Tony Iommi. This song was only meant to be a “filler”, but became one of Black Sabbath’s most well known songs: the band members were sent back to the studio to record one more song because the record company deemed the album was too short, and planned to quickly record a filler song, but eventually wrote and recorded “Paranoid”. The record company changed the album’s name from 
War Pigs, as it was originally intended, to Paranoid out of fear of a backlash from supporters of the Vietnam War.
“Paranoid” was released as a single and received regular airplay on mainstream radio. The single, with “The Wizard” on the B-side, was released in the UK in July 1970 and it reached the number 4.
Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne continued to play this song in concert during his career as a solo artist.
“Paranoid” 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 #250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is #1 in the book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time
War Pigs, as it was originally intended, to Paranoid out of fear of a backlash from supporters of the Vietnam War.“Paranoid” was released as a single and received regular airplay on mainstream radio. The single, with “The Wizard” on the B-side, was released in the UK in July 1970 and it reached the number 4.
Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne continued to play this song in concert during his career as a solo artist.
“Paranoid” 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 #250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is #1 in the book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time
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infernokaoz wrote:
k buena rola.....
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nice song!!!
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legendary
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OZZY !!!!!!!
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drhopkins74 wrote:
what is that song people sing at the end? o-weo-weo-weo-we.....sounds familiar
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yea .. Black Sabbath !!!
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renepees wrote:
uno de los grupos iniciadores del heavy metal....EXCELENTE!!!!! Y SU CLASICA EN VIVO
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mariliasrock wrote:
perfect
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LooNYN wrote:
awesome classic song :)
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marathoni1234 wrote:
great song
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"Make a joke and I will sigh, You will laugh and I will cry." [2]
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'Make a joke and I will sigh, You will laugh and I will cry'
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nalo503 wrote:
classic (3)
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awesome
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live version from reunion ftw^^
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Metallic98 wrote:
Its Classic Rock poor!!!!!!! Black sabath!
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classic [2]
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classic
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This is sick, in a freaking awesome way.
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This song is fucking awesome, on so many levels.
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