Geezer Butler recalled the moment Tony Iommi played the song “Paranoid” to his Black Sabbath bandmates ... to appeal to the kids who watched Top of the Pops. … We felt so out of place.

the album produced a number of Black Sabbath’s most iconic tracks like “Iron Man,” “War Pigs” and “Paranoid.” The title track earned the band their first Top 10 single on the UK ...

The British-born rock band, Black Sabbath, formed in 1968, changed the way people think about the genre. Perhaps better said, the group, founded by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward ...

Butler suggested they change their name to Black Sabbath. That August they played their first gig at a Cumberland youth club. Thirteen months later they were on Top Of The Pops. Fifty years later ...

Such was and remains the peculiar reach of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”, two and a bit minutes which helped unlock new worlds for the band: the singles charts, television, instant recognition.