Children of the Sea (Black Sabbath song)

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“Children of The Sea”
“Children of The Sea” cover
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
Chronology
"Neon Knights"
(1)
Children of The Sea
(2)
"Lady Evil"
(3)


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.