List of cover versions of Black Sabbath songs

This is a list of recorded Black Sabbath covers or samples by notable artists. It does not include bootleg or unrecorded live performances, or any unreleased demo recordings.

It includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A National Acrobat

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Second track on album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973).

  • The heavy metal band Metallica covered this song and "Sabbra Cadabra" on their Garage Inc. cover album in one condensed song entitled "Sabbra Cadabra".
  • Swedish stoner/doom metal band DoomDogs covered "A National Acrobat" on their album "Unleash the Truth".
  • Czech singer Jiří Schelinger covered "A National Acrobat" as a member of "František Ringo Čech" band. The song appeared on their debut album "Nemám hlas jako zvon" (My voice does not ring the bell) in 1974 under a name "Metro, dobrý den" (Hello, underground).
  • American psychedelic rock band ACIDTHRONE covered "A National Acrobat" as their 12th song in their 2021 album "The Philosopher's Stoned".

After Forever

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Second track on their album Master of Reality (1971).

Air Dance

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Sixth track on the album Never Say Die! (1978).

  • Swedish pop singer Lisa Ljungberg covered the song on her 2012 album Seven Seas.

Behind the Wall of Sleep

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Third track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).

Black Sabbath

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First track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).

Changes

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Third track on their album Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972).

  • Sampled by rapper Eminem on the song "Going Through Changes" for his Recovery album.
  • A new version with altered lyrics appeared on Prince of Darkness with Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy singing a duet version.
  • Hell Is for Heroes covered this song as a B-side to their single "Night Vision".
  • Fudge Tunnel covered this song on Earache's Masters of Misery compilation.
  • Overkill covered the song on their 1999 cover album Coverkill.
  • Japanese melodic punk band Hi-Standard covered this song on their Making the Road album.
  • In 2013, soul singer Charles Bradley released a single with his version of the song.
  • UK based Heavy/Doom Metal band Raven Black Night covered this song on their 2013's album Barbarian Winter.
  • Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album.

Children of the Grave

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Fourth track on their album Master of Reality (1971).

Children of the Sea

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Second track on the album Heaven and Hell (1980).

  • Jag Panzer covered the song on the album Holy Dio: A Tribute to the Voice of Metal.
  • Silver Fist covered this song on their album Ave Fenix.
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Ihmisen Merkki in Finnish as "Uneen Hukkuneet".

Cornucopia

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Seventh track on their album Black Sabbath Vol.4 (1972).

Die Young

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Sixth track on the album Heaven and Hell (1980).

Dirty Women

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Eight track on album "Technical Ecstasy"

Disturbing the Priest

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Third track on the album "Born Again".

  • American death metal band Coffin Texts covered the song on the 1999 tribute album Hell Rules. The same recording later appeared on their debut album Gods of Creation, Death & Afterlife.

Electric Funeral

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Fifth track on their album "Paranoid".

Fairies Wear Boots

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Last track on the album "Paranoid".

Hand of Doom

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Sixth track on the album "Paranoid".

Headless Cross

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Second track on the album "Headless Cross"

Heaven and Hell

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Fourth track on the album "Heaven and Hell".

Hole in the Sky

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First track on the album "Sabotage".

Ninth track on the album "Dehumanizer".

Into the Void

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Last track on the album "Master of Reality".

Various artists have covered the song, including

Iron Man

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Fourth track on the album Paranoid (1970).

It's Alright

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Third track on the album "Technical Ecstasy".

Killing Yourself to Live

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Fifth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

  • Anal Cunt covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery:The Black Sabbath Earache Tribute".
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Elävinä kuolleisiin'.

Letters from Earth

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Fourth track on the album "Dehumanizer".

Lord of This World

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Sixth track on the album "Master of Reality".

Megalomania

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Fourth track on the album "Sabotage".

  • Venom covered the song on the album "Prime Evil".

The Mob Rules

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Fifth track on the album "Mob Rules".

Neon Knights

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First track on the album "Heaven and Hell".

Never Say Die!

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First track on the album "Never Say Die!".

N.I.B.

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Fourth track on the album "Black Sabbath".

  • Ugly Kid Joe covered the song on the album "Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath".
  • Pitchshifter covered the song on the "Triad" single.
  • Ozzy Osbourne performed the song for his live album "Speak of the Devil".
  • Type O Negative covered the song on the album "Nativity in Negativity (Nativity disc)".
  • Cave In covered the song on the album "Relapse Sampler 1999".
  • Primus covered the song on the album "Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath".
  • Acid Drinkers covered the song on the album "Fishdick".
  • Cancer Bats covered N.I.B. on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality".
  • Danzig covered the song on their 2015 album Skeletons.
  • Krokus open the 2017 album "Big Rocks" with a 1:16 snippet of the N.I.B. riff
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'S.Ä.N.K.I.'.
  • Carnivore (band) covered N.I.B at a show at L'Amour BKLYN in 1989.
  • Zakk Wylde covered the song for Loudwire YouTube Chanel, on a Hello Kitty Mini-Guitar, as well as an acoustic cover for SiriusXM YouTube Chanel.

Over and Over

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Last track on the album "Mob Rules".

Cover versions of "Over and Over were performed by:

Paranoid

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Second track on the album "Paranoid".

Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:

Planet Caravan

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Third track on the album "Paranoid".

  • The Anomoanon covered this song on the Black Sabbath tribute album Everything Comes & Goes.
  • Pantera covered the song on the album Far Beyond Driven.
  • Mercury Rev as part of a 2001 John Peel radio session and as a B-side on CD1 of their 2002 single The Dark Is Rising.
  • Clive Jones of Black Widow and Agony Bag in 2007.
  • Cable on In These Black Days: Volume 4, a tribute to Black Sabbath.
  • Estonian band Rondellus covered this song in Medieval style, on their tribute album Sabbatum, for voice, lute and psaltery. In their version the lyrics are translated into Latin, and the song has been retitled "Planetarum Vagatio" (literally, "Wandering of the Planets").
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Planeettakaravaani'.

Rat Salad

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Seventh track on the album "Paranoid".

  • Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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First track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

Sabbra Cadabra

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Fourth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

Shock Wave

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Fifth track on the album "Never Say Die!".

  • Cathedral covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery - Black Sabbath: An Earache Tribute".

Sleeping Village

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The intro to "Sleeping Village" has been performed by many Black Sabbath tribute bands.

Snowblind

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Sixth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4"

Solitude

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Seventh track on the album "Master of Reality".

Spiral Architect

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Last track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

St. Vitus Dance

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Ninth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".

  • Cathedral covered the song on the album "After Forever".

Supernaut

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Fifth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".

Sweet Leaf

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First track on the album "Master of Reality".

Symptom of the Universe

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Third track on the album "Sabotage".

The Sign of the Southern Cross

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Third track on the album "Mob Rules".

  • Fates Warning covered the song on the album "Holy Dio: A Tribute to the Voice of Metal (disc 1)".
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Ihmisen merkki in Finnish as 'Ihmisen merkki'.

The Wizard

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Second song on the album "Black Sabbath".

  • The song was covered by Rob Halford's band Bullring Brummies for the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black".[29]
  • The song was covered by Zakk Wylde's band Pride & Glory on the second disc of the reissue of "Pride & Glory". Wylde had also been a member of Ozzy Osbourne's solo band at the time.
  • Scorn covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery: The Black Sabbath Earache Tribute".
  • Zakk Wylde also covered the song on the album "Rare Trax".
  • Botch covered the song on the album "Cave in/Botch".
  • Finley Quaye covered the song on the album "Spiritualized".
  • Shihad covered the song on the EP album "Devolve".
  • Brand New Sin covered this song as track 16 on their 2011 album "United State".
  • Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Parantaja'.

Time Machine

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Sixth track on the album "Dehumanizer".

  • Pegasus covered the song on the album "Death... Is Just the Beginning, Volume 6 (disc 1)".

Tomorrow's Dream

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Second track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".

TV Crimes

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Third track on the album "Dehumanizer".

  • Plan 4 covered the song on the album "Sabbath Crosses: Tributo a Black Sabbath".

Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes

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Last track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4

War Pigs

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First track on the album "Paranoid".

Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener

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First track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".

  • Estonian band Rondellus on their tribute album Sabbatum, sung by two female voices accompanied by a frame drum. Their version has lyrics translated into Latin, and the song has been retitled "Rotae Confusionis".[42]
  • Doom metal band Cathedral on the tribute album Masters of Misery - The Earache Tribute.

Who are You

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Sixth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

  • OLD covered the song on the album "Tribute to Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters".
  • Goatsnake covered the song on the album "1 + Dog Days".

Wicked World

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Last track on the album "Black Sabbath".

Zero the Hero

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Fifth track on the album "Born Again".

  • Cannibal Corpse covered the song on the album "Tribute to Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters", which also appeared on their 1993 "Hammer Smashed Face" EP.
  • German/American hard rock band Thunderhead covered the song on their 1995 album "Were You Told the Truth About Hell?".
  • Godflesh covered the song on the tribute album Masters of Misery - The Earache Tribute.

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