| "Planet Caravan" | ||||
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| Song by Black Sabbath from the album Paranoid | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, space rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) | |||
| Writer | Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler | |||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | |||
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"Planet Caravan" is a psychedelic song by Black Sabbath. The song's lyrics and mellow music create a dreamy atmosphere.
Geezer Butler has stated that the song's meaning is floating through the universe with your lover. The song appears on their 1970 breakthrough album, Paranoid. Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne uses a Leslie speaker to achieve the vocal effects.
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| "Planet Caravan" | ||||
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| Single by Pantera | ||||
| from the album Far Beyond Driven | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Label | EastWest | |||
| Producer | Terry Date, Pantera | |||
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"Planet Caravan" was later covered by American heavy metal band Pantera for their album Far Beyond Driven.
It was released as a single in 1994 on EastWest Records as a 12" single. It comes as a 12" gatefold with a blood-red vinyl. Inside, the vinyl has a band picture with "To our fans: Thanks for the support!! You rule!! We'll see y'all next year!!" in silver. The pictures have also been signed in silver.
A video was produced for the song. All of the computer-generated visuals for the video were taken from Karl Sims digital animation "Panspermia" produced for the 1991 SIGGRAPH conference. The "Planet Caravan" video has been omitted from recent Pantera music video collections.
The song was Pantera's highest charting single in the United States, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 21 |
"Planet Caravan" has also been covered by:
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