| prev "War Pigs | prev_no 1 | next "Planet Caravan | next_no 3 }} "Paranoid is a song by Great Britain Heavy metal music band Black Sabbath that appears on the bands second album [[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]] 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 Hot 100 also reached #1 on the German Singles Chart The song was the last written for the album and it was only to fill out so it was written in 20 minutes.

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 was fired by the band in 1979, 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 VH1s 40 Greatest Metal Songs."VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs" 1–4 May 2006, VH1Channel, reported by http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml VH1.com]; last accessed September 10, 2006 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 Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time lt;ref>lt;/ref> and called the song, "a two-minute blast of protopunk http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596095/paranoid. In 2009, it was named the 4^th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 lt;/ref> The original Black Sabbath recording has been used numerous times in various films and television shows including [[Sid & Nancy]]lt;/ref> [[Dazed and Confused]]lt;/ref> [[The Stoned Age]]lt;/ref> [[Any Given Sunday]]lt;/ref> [[Almost Famous]]lt;/ref> and [[We Are Marshall]]lt;/ref> In Finland it is an old joke that somebody who doesnt at the moment like the music the band is playing in any concert, is generally bored with current concert (any concert) or wants to peak his/her feelings at that moment shouts (loud so that everyone around and the band can hear) "play Paranoid!" ("soittakaa Paranoid!") just like "Free Bird is often requested in the United States, Raul Seixas at Brazil and "Stairway to Heaven in the United Kingdom 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/

Accolades

|class"wikitable sortable" |- ! Publication ! Country ! Accolade ! Year !align"center"|Rank |- | NME | United Kingdom | "All Time Top 100 Singles"lt;/ref> | 1976 | 41 |- | Spin magazine | United States | "100 Greatest Singles of All Time"lt;/ref> | 1989 | 81 |- | Radio Veronica | Holland | "Super All-Time List"lt;/ref> | 1989 | 16 |- | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | United States | "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 Songs
that Shaped Rock and Roll"lt;/ref>
| 1994 | * |- | Guitarist (magazine) | United Kingdom | "Top 100 Guitar Solos of All-Time"lt;/ref> | 1998 | 84 |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "Greatest Rock Songs"lt;/ref> | 2003 | 136 |- | Rolling Stone (magazine) | United States | "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"lt;/ref> | 2004 | 250 |- | Q (magazine) | United Kingdom | "1010 Songs You Must Own!"lt;/ref> | 2004 | * |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "100 Greatest Metal Songs"lt;/ref> | 2005 | 15 |- | Q magazine | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Songs of All Time"lt;/ref> | 2006 | 100 |- | VH1 | United States | "40 Greatest Metal Songs"lt;/ref> | 2006 | 34 |- | DigitalDreamDoor | United States | "100 Greatest Metal Guitar Riffs"lt;/ref> | 2008 | 4 |- | VH1 | United States | "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs"lt;/ref> | 2008 | 4 |- |} (*) designates unordered lists.

Misheard lyric

In the 1991 documentary, Dont Blame Me, Ozzy Osbourne discusses two examples of where a mondegreen In "Paranoid", Osbourne state that he has been falsely accused of singing "I tell you to end your life" when, in fact, the lyric is actually "I tell you to enjoy life". He also states that he is not saying "shoot" repeatedly in the song "Suicide Solution from his debut solo album, [[Blizzard of Ozz]] As an example of how easily one can be mistaken about a lyric, Osbourne goes on to cite his own mistake in interpreting the line "excuse me while I kiss the sky" in Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze as "excuse me while I kiss this guy".

Covers

Cover version of "Paranoid" were performed by: *Cindy & Bert "Der Hund von Baskerville" - German schlager version, 1971 *Thrash 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 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..http://www.amazon.com/review/R1MW6VY24W9XF Amazon.com review of Newer, clearer..."]. *Avenged Sevenfold on a tribute album called [[Covered, A Revolution in Sound]]http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/avenged-sevenfold-to-cover-black-sabbath/ Avenged Sevenfold To Cover Black Sabbath] *Hellsongs on their debut EP Loungelt;ref>http://www.theomegaorder.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16003/.f and again on Hymns in the Key of 666http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/13742/Hellsongs--Hymns-in-the-Key-of-666.htm *Type O Negative on their Origin Of The FecesEP. *The Clay People for the Black Sabbath tribute album, [[Tribute To Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters]]http://www.discogs.com/Various-Tribute-To-Black-Sabbath-Eternal-Masters/release/555081 *3rd Strike on their album [[Lost Angel (album)|Lost Angel]] *Soviet (later Russian) heavy/thrash-metal band Master (Russian band) their on album [[Talk of the Devil]] *Mystic Prophecy as a bonus track on their album [[Satanic Curses]] *Gus Black as a track on his album Uncivilized Love *George Lynch (musician) as a track on his album Guitar Slinger(with Mötley Crüe s singer Vince Neil .lt;/ref> *Adam Parfrey in the album A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrowslt;/ref> *Rob Lamothe in the album Above the Wing is Heaven *Green Day played it live on their [[21st Century Breakdown]]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#2007 *Crescencio Salgado on Hell Rules: A Tribute to Black Sabbath released in 1999.http://www.answers.com/topic/hell-rules-a-tribute-to-black-sabbath Hell Rules: A Tribute to Black Sabbath] *New Wave of British Heavy Metal Band Angel Witch covered this song in there 1980s tours *Metallica played it live at the 25th Anniversary of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, with Osbourne guest singing. This track will be playable in the video game [[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]

In other media

"Paranoid" has also been featured on the soundtracks of several video game including [[Rock NRoll Racing]], Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]] (as a cover), Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock]] (as a cover), Madden NFL 10]], and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]], which will use the live cover by Metallica with Osbourne on vocals. The opening riff from "Paranoid" is also used at the beginning of the [[Current 93]] song "Lucifer Over London". The song is featured in [[Supernatural (TV Series)|Supernaturals]] episode [[List of Supernatural Episodes|Phantom Traveler]] after Dean and Sam leave the tailor shop with their new tuxedos. The song is in the background of the pub scene in "[[Sid and Nancy]]". ==Track listing== [[Image:BlackSabbath Paranoid Single 1972.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The 1980 re-release cover b/w "Snowblind"]] ;7" single (Vertigo 6059 010) {{citeweb|url=http://www.sabbath.se/Discography/paranoidvinyl7.html |title=Paranoid Vinyl 7" Discography |work=sabbath.se |accessdate=2010-03-13}} # "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 Dream" - 3:11 ;7" 1980 re-release (Spiegelei INT 110.604) # "Paranoid" – 2:45 # "Snowblind" - 5:25

Personnel

*Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals and lyrics *Tony Iommi – guitar *Geezer Butler – bass guitar and lyrics *Bill Ward (musician) – Drum kit

Chart positions

|class"wikitable sortable" !Chart (1970) !align"center"|Peak position |- | Australian Go-Set lt;ref>lt;/ref> |align"center"|18 |- | Austrian Singles Chart lt;ref name"Au Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|3 |- | German Singles Chart lt;ref name"ge Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|1 |- | Irish Singles Chart lt;ref name"Ir Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|12 |- | Italian Singles Chart lt;ref name"It Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|9 |- | Netherlands Singles Chart lt;ref name"Au Chart"/> |align"center"|2 |- | Norwegian Singles Chart lt;ref name"Au Chart"/> |align"center"|6 |- | South African Springbok Radio Top 20 lt;ref>lt;/ref> |align"center"|3 |- | Swiss Singles Chart lt;ref name"Au Chart"/> |align"center"|2 |- | UK Singles Chart lt;ref name"UK Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|4 |- | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 lt;ref name"B Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|61 |- | U.S. Cash Box lt;ref name"a Chart">lt;/ref> |align"center"|79 |- |}

Notes

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