Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)

"Paranoid"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Paranoid
B-side"The Wizard"
Released7 August 1970
RecordedJune 1970
StudioIsland Studios, London
Genre
Length2:48
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rodger Bain
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"The Wizard"
(1970)
"Paranoid"
(1970)
"Children of the Grave"
(1971)
Music video
"Paranoid" on YouTube

"Paranoid" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in 1970 off the band's second studio album, Paranoid (1970). It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song "The Wizard". The song is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. It reached number 4 on the UK singles chart and number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Black Sabbath's first song to place on the latter chart.