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The character Tony Stark, alter-ego of Iron Man, also wears a Black Sabbath t-shirt in the 2012 film The Avengers. The song won spot number 317 in Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time as of 2004, and number 7 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list in March 2023.
Although it failed to reach the top 40, "Iron Man" remains one of Black Sabbath's most popular songs, as well as the band's highest charting US single. [30] As of 2014, Paranoid is Black Sabbath's best-selling album, having sold 1.6 million copies in the US since the beginning of the SoundScan era. [31] [needs update]
Pantera covered the song for Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black II". Iced Earth covered the song on their album "The Melancholy E.P.". Vitamin String Quartet covered the song on the album "The String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath". Cavalera Conspiracy covered the song on their second album "Blunt Force Trauma"
Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released by Sanctuary Records to support the band's 2012 reunion tour. The album features exactly the same track listing as 2009's Greatest Hits .
Swass is the debut studio album by Sir Mix-a-Lot. [4] It was released in 1988 on Nastymix and re-released on CD by Def American Recordings.The album featured the singles "Posse on Broadway", "Square Dance Rap", "Iron Man" (a rap metal version of the Black Sabbath song featuring the band Metal Church) and "Rippn'".
[254] [255] VH1 ranked Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" the number one song on their 40 Greatest Metal Songs countdown. [256] Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band number 85 in their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". [ 252 ]
Alfred suggested that the name Iron Man was to be used whenever the exclusive list of Black Sabbath covers were performed. Kim Martin quit the tribute band a year later to pursue full time variety work. [2] Approximately two years later, Iron Man became an all-original act with Alfred Morris III driving the band vision and sound.
(sung to tune of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, except the last ten notes on the prominent guitar riff are replaced with five notes from Jingle Bells.) [5] A music video was made for the title track, in which Rivers, playing a father of two, inexplicably transforms into a heavy-metal Santa Claus riding in a reindeer-pulled limousine on Christmas Eve.