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The song was covered in 1969 by Black Sabbath and was released in England as the band's first single. The song also appeared on the European version of the band's self-titled debut album, though it was excluded from versions released in other markets and was replaced by its B-side, "Wicked World", on the American version of the album.
"War Pigs" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, Kerrang! ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, [ 17 ] and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
Technical Ecstasy is the seventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and released in October 1976 by Vertigo Records.The album received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart [4] and number 51 on the US Billboard 200 Album chart, [5] later being certified Gold by the RIAA in 1997.
Crow is an American blues rock band that was first active from 1967 to 1972. They are best known for the song "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)", which was notably covered by Black Sabbath (on their debut album) and Ike & Tina Turner.
Evil Woman may refer to: "Evil Woman" (Crow song), later covered by Black Sabbath "Evil Woman" (Electric Light Orchestra song), 1975 "Evil Woman", a song by Greg Page from his 1998 debut album
Cancer Bats covered War Pigs on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality". The Flaming Lips have covered "War Pigs" regularly in concert. [39] Arctic Monkeys often play part of the song during the live performance of "Arabella", from the AM album (2013). [40] Foo Fighters and Zac Brown from Zac Brown Band also covered the song
The band returned to the studio in June 1970, just four months after Black Sabbath was released. The new album was initially set to be named War Pigs after the song "War Pigs", which was critical of the Vietnam War; however, Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid.
Black Sabbath 's second album Paranoid (1970) "included songs dealing with personal trauma—'Paranoid' and 'Fairies Wear Boots' (which described the unsavoury side effects of drug-taking)—as well as those confronting wider issues, such as the self-explanatory 'War Pigs' and 'Hand of Doom.'" [1] Black Sabbath's drummer, Bill Ward, states that ...