Children of the Sea (Black Sabbath song)
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“Children of The Sea” | |||||
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Song by Black Sabbath | |||||
Released | April 25, 1980 | ||||
Recorded | October 1979;January 1980 | ||||
Genre | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal | ||||
Label | Vertigo/Warner Bros. Records | ||||
Writer | Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | ||||
Producer | Martin Birch | ||||
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Children of The Sea is a Black Sabbath song from the album Heaven and Hell, based on the end of the world. It was written by Tony Iommi, with the lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, and was the first song of Black Sabbath with "Dio". It inspired Iron Maiden's "Children of the Damned" on the album The Number of the Beast.