How Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' became a metal icon in just minutes

Written in 25 minutes, the last-minute album addition became the band's most beloved song.
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How Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' became their first chart-topping hit in just minutes

The quick filler track would end up putting Black Sabbath on the map.
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"Crank it up now!" Black Sabbath's Paranoid passes one billion streams on Spotify

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black Sabbath in 1970. The Black Sabbath song Paranoid has been streamed one billion times on Spotify. The Birmingham-based band, ...
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How Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ Changed the Course of Music in the 1970s

Rich with distorted guitars, endless guitar solos, and Ozzy Osbourne’s never-changing iconic vocals, Paranoid was an almost immediately successful follow-up to Black Sabbath’s debut self-titled album, ...
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Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ Returns To The Charts–But This Isn’t The Average Comeback

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Black Sabbath Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Black Sabbath's "Paranoid"—both the album and the song of the same name—appear in the exact same position ...