# The best Black Sabbath songs

The band that invented heavy metal, in the songs critics and fans rank highest, most from Paranoid and Master of Reality.

- 15 votes · 13 items
- Jul 1, 2026 · mixtape
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## Top 13

1. **War Pigs** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1970. An anti-war epic; first for Louder Sound.
2. **Black Sabbath** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1970. Number one on Rolling Stone's greatest metal songs.
3. **Paranoid** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1970. Written in minutes to fill the album.
4. **Iron Man** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1970. The riff everyone knows.
5. **N.I.B.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1970. Geezer Butler's bass intro.
6. **Sweet Leaf** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1971. A stone-cold classic from Master of Reality.
7. **Fairies Wear Boots** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1970. The closer of Paranoid.
8. **Sabbath Bloody Sabbath** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1973. The title track of their fifth album.
9. **Heaven and Hell** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1980. The Ronnie James Dio era.
10. **Children of the Grave** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. A galloping call to the young.
11. **Changes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. A piano ballad.
12. **Into the Void** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1971. The heaviest riff of its time.
13. **Snowblind** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1972. From Vol. 4.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.