Planet Caravan

"Planet Caravan"
Song by Black Sabbath from the album Paranoid
Released 18 September 1970
Genre Psychedelic rock, space rock, jazz rock
Length 4:35
Label Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US)
Writer Iommi/Butler/Ward/Osbourne
Producer Rodger Bain
Paranoid track listing

"Paranoid"
(2)
"Planet Caravan"
(3)
"Iron Man"
(4)

"Planet Caravan" is a psychedelic song by the English rock band Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler has stated that the song's meaning is floating through the universe with one's lover. The song appears on their 1970 breakthrough album Paranoid. Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne uses a Leslie speaker to achieve the vocals' treble and vibrato effects. The piano parts on the track were played by album engineer Tom Allom.

Pantera cover

"Planet Caravan"
Single by Pantera
from the album Far Beyond Driven
Released 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Psychedelic rock
Label EastWest
Writer(s) Iommi/Butler/Ward/Osbourne
Producer(s) Terry Date, Pantera
Pantera singles chronology
"I'm Broken"
(1994)
"Planet Caravan"
(1994)
"5 Minutes Alone"
(1994)

"Planet Caravan" was covered by American heavy metal band Pantera for their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven.

Music video

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.

Release and reception

The song was released as the second single from Far Beyond Driven, and the follow up single to their hit single "I'm Broken" in 1994 on EastWest Records as a 12" single. It came in 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. The single became Pantera's highest charting single in the United States, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as well as charting on the UK Singles Chart, managing to peak at #26.[1]

In the liner notes of Far Beyond Driven, it reads:

"This is a Black Sabbath song off of the Paranoid album. So don't freak out on us. We did the song because we wanted to. It has nothing to do with the integrity of our direction. It's a tripped out song. We think you'll dig it. If you don't, don't fucking listen to it. Thanks. On behalf of the rest of Pantera, Phil Anselmo '94."

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Planet Caravan" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)
  2. "The Badge" (Poison Idea)

Side B

  1. "Cowboys from Hell" (Live)
  2. "Heresy" (Live)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 26
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 21

Other covers

"Planet Caravan" has also been covered by:

References

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