TIL that the 1970 single “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath was intended to be a “3 minute filler” track for the album of the same name, built around a Tony Iommi riff of entirely power chords. It has since reached over 1.5 billion Spotify streams and is considered one of the best heavy metal songs ever.

TIL that the 1970 single “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath was intended to be a “3 minute filler” track for the album of the same name, built around a Tony Iommi riff of entirely power chords. It has since reached over 1.5 billion Spotify streams and is considered one of the best heavy metal songs ever.

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