Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (song)

B-side"Changes"

Released26 October 1973

Recorded1973

GenreHeavy metal

"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
B-side	"Changes"
Released	26 October 1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:45 (album version) 3:33 (single version)
Label	WWA
Songwriters	Ozzy Osbourne Tony Iommi Geezer Butler Bill Ward
Producer	Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"Tomorrow's Dream" (1972) "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (1973) "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" (1975)
Music video
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" on YouTube

"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" is the opening title track of the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath's 1973 album of the same name.

Its main riff has been cited as "the riff that saved Black Sabbath"^[1] because Tony Iommi, who wrote most of the band's music, had been suffering from writer's block.^[2][3] They resorted to drastic measures (including renting out the supposedly haunted Clearwell Castle to live in) to inspire him.^[2][3]

The song has been singled out for praise by hard rock and heavy metal guitar players, with Slash from Guns N' Roses stating to Guitar World in 2008: "The outro to 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' is the heaviest shit I have ever heard in my life. To this day, I haven't heard anything as heavy that has as much soul." Brent Hinds, former Mastodon guitarist, told Nick Bowcott in 2008, "The 'dreams turn to nightmares, Heaven turns to Hell' riff at the end of that song is unbeatable."