The best Black Sabbath songs
The top 3 according to 15 votes from people: War Pigs · Black Sabbath · Paranoid. (Updated Jul 1, 2026.)
The band that invented heavy metal, in the songs critics and fans rank highest, most from Paranoid and Master of Reality.
Top 13
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1
War Pigs
1970. An anti-war epic; first for Louder Sound.
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2
Black Sabbath
1970. Number one on Rolling Stone's greatest metal songs.
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3
Paranoid
1970. Written in minutes to fill the album.
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4
Iron Man
1970. The riff everyone knows.
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N.I.B.
1970. Geezer Butler's bass intro.
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6
Sweet Leaf
1971. A stone-cold classic from Master of Reality.
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7
Fairies Wear Boots
1970. The closer of Paranoid.
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8
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973. The title track of their fifth album.
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9
Heaven and Hell
1980. The Ronnie James Dio era.
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10
Children of the Grave
1971. A galloping call to the young.
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11
Changes
1972. A piano ballad.
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12
Into the Void
1971. The heaviest riff of its time.
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13
Snowblind
1972. From Vol. 4.
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