The Wizard (Black Sabbath song)
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| "The Wizard" | ||
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| Song by Black Sabbath | ||
| from the album Black Sabbath | ||
| Released | February 13, 1970 (UK) June 1, 1970 (U.S.) |
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| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 4:18 | |
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | |
| Producer(s) | Rodger Bain | |
| Black Sabbath track listing | ||
| "Black Sabbath" (1) |
"The Wizard" (2) |
"N.I.B." (3) |
"The Wizard" is the second track of Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album Black Sabbath.
Sources claim it is about the band's drug dealer at the time (and may be partly true), but bassist Geezer Butler claims the character Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings as his inspiration.
"The Wizard" was a favorite of the band, and was later included on compilation albums We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll and Symptom of the Universe. Zakk Wylde, the guitarist for Ozzy's solo band, made a cover of it, and Cypress Hill sampled some harmonica notes in "We Ain't Going Out Like That". Enigma sampled the harmonica notes on track 4, "I Love You ... I'll Kill You" on the album The Cross of Changes. In 1994 it also formed part of the popular album, Nativity in Black, which was a tribute to Black Sabbath. This slightly special version was performed by the Bullring Brummies, which was made up of Geezer Butler & Bill Ward of Black Sabbath, Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Scott Weinrich of The Obsessed.
This song was covered by New Zealand band Shihad on their Devolve EP.
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