Black Sabbath (song)

"Black Sabbath"
Song by Black Sabbath
from the album Black Sabbath
Released13 February 1970
Recorded16 October 1969
StudioRegent Sounds (London)
Genre
Length6:16
LabelVertigo
Songwriters
ProducerRodger Bain
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"Black Sabbath" is a song by the English heavy metal band of the same name, written in 1969 and released on their eponymous debut album in 1970. In the same year, the song appeared as an A-side on a four-track 12-inch single, with "The Wizard" also on the A-side and "Evil Woman" and "Sleeping Village" on the B-side, on the Philips Records label Vertigo. In Japan and the Philippines, a 7-inch single on the Philips label was released with "Evil Woman" on the A-side and "Black Sabbath" on the B-side.

In 2021, Eli Enis of Revolver included the song in his list of the "15 Greatest Album-Opening Songs in Metal".