Supernaut

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"Supernaut"
Song by Black Sabbath
from the album Black Sabbath Vol. 4
Released	September, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	4:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer(s)	Patrick Meehan, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Vol. 4 track listing
"FX (4)	"Supernaut" (5)	"Snowblind" (6)

"Supernaut" is a song by Black Sabbath. The song evokes space exploration, but may also describe tripping on LSD. Supernaut was released in 1972 on Black Sabbath, Vol. 4. It features a loud, heavy riff played by guitarist Tony Iommi. It also includes a percussion section, featuring one of Bill Ward's most powerful performances.

The song was later covered by the Al Jourgensen-led 1000 Homo DJs for their Supernaut EP with vocals by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The original version of this cover was not released for some time as Reznor's record company would not allow it. It was later released on a Wax Trax compilation album Black Box retrospective. Many people incorrectly labeled this version as a Nine Inch Nails song.

During August 1990, Trent Reznor toured briefly with Revolting Cocks (another Al Jourgensen band), and together, they performed Supernaut live several times, with Reznor singing the vocals. [1] This could be classified as a Revolting Cocks w/ Trent Reznor version of the 1000 Homo DJs cover of the Black Sabbath song. This version is only available on bootleg recordings.

This song was also covered by Ministry on their 2004 album entitled SideTrax released on RykoDisc

[edit] Trivia

In an interview with Q magazine, Beck Hansen named the Supernaut riff as his all time favorite, equal with Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl".

Famed rock composer Frank Zappa has named this the greatest rock track of all time.