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"Crazy Train" is the debut solo single by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and was released in 1980 from his debut album as a solo artist, Blizzard of Ozz (1980). A live version of the song recorded in 1981 from the album Tribute was also released as a single in 1987 with an accompanying music video. The song was written by Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley. The lyrics deal with the subject of the Cold War and the fear of annihilation that existed during this period.[5]

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"Crazy Train"
Single by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Blizzard of Ozz
B-side"You Lookin' at Me Lookin' at You"
ReleasedSeptember 1980 (UK)
  • May 1981 (US)[1]
Recorded22 March 1980
Genre
Length4:52
Label
  • Jet
  • Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Daisley
  • Lee Kerslake
  • Randy Rhoads
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
"Crazy Train"
(1980)		 "Mr Crowley"
(1980)
Music video
"Crazy Train" on YouTube
Animated music video
"Crazy Train" on YouTube
"Crazy Train (Live)"
Single by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Tribute
B-side
  • "Crazy Train"
  • "I Don't Know"
Released1987
Recorded1981
Genre
  • Heavy metal
  • glam metal
Length5:19
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Max Norman
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
"The Ultimate Sin"
(1986)		 "Crazy Train (Live)"
(1987)		 "Miracle Man"
(1988)

Production and reception


Guitarist Greg Leon, who initially took Randy Rhoads' place in Quiet Riot, has claimed that he helped Rhoads write what would become the iconic "Crazy Train" riff. "We were hanging out, and I showed him the riff to Steve Miller's 'Swingtown'. I said: 'Look what happens when you speed this riff up'. We messed around, and the next thing I know he took it to a whole other level and end up writing the 'Crazy Train' riff."[6] Guitarist William Weaver has also claimed to have written the signature riff and then presented the music to Rhoads in a studio session that they had both been a part of.

AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey described the main guitar riff as "a classic, making use of the full minor scale in a way not seen since Ritchie Blackmore's heyday with Deep Purple."[7]

The song is one of Osbourne's best known and recognizable as a solo performer.[8] It was rated 9th-greatest guitar solo ever by readers of Guitar World magazine.[9] The song was also ranked ninth by VH1 on the list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs[10] and in 2009 it was named the 23rd-greatest hard rock song of all time also by VH1,[11] the highest placement by a solo artist on the list. In 2021, it topped Metal Hammer's readers' poll of the Top 50 Ozzy Osbourne songs, with the magazine informing that it is Osbourne's most played song, with over 1150 live performances, over 11 million plays on YouTube and nearly 400 million on Spotify (as of December 2021).[12]

The single reached No. 49 on the United Kingdom singles chart in 1980.[13] In the United States, the song reached No. 9 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and the single peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in 1981.[14] The master ringtone was certified double platinum and had by September 2010 sold 1,750,000 downloads.[15] The Tribute re-release was accompanied by a music video.


Personnel


1980 studio version

1987 version (originally recorded live in 1981)

2002 re-issue


Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 400,000
United States (RIAA)[17] 4× Platinum 4,000,000
United States (RIAA)[17]
Mastertone 		2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


See also



References


  1. "Ozzy Osbourne singles".
  2. "The Best Heavy Metal Songs: 16 Undeniable Classics". www.udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. Dave Tompkins. "VH1 - 40 Greatest Metal Songs". cs.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. Sleazegrinder (4 December 2015). "The 20 Best Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time Ever". loudersound. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. Kajzer, Jackie; Lotring, Roger (2010). Full Metal Jackie Certified: The 50 Most Influential Metal Songs of the '80s. Course Technology. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4354-5441-5.
  6. Wall, Mick (1 February 2012). "Randy Rhoads: The Guitarist Who Changed The World". Classic Rock.
  7. Huey, Steve. "Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  8. "Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  9. "100 Greatest Guitar Solos - Tablature for the greatest guitar solos of all time". Guitar.about.com. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  10. "Original TV Shows, Reality TV Shows". VH1. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  11. "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". spreadit.org music. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  12. Hobson, Rich (18 December 2021). "The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. "Ozzy Osbourne". www.officialcharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  14. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Rock Tracks. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0-89820-153-5.
  15. "Chart Watch Extra: Songs From The Last Century". new.music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. "British single certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  17. "American single certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 September 2020.



На других языках

- [en] Crazy Train

[es] Crazy Train

«Crazy Train» (en español: «Tren loco») es una canción de heavy metal escrita por Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads y Bob Daisley, incluida en el disco de 1980 Blizzard of Ozz. Fue grabada en vivo en 1981 y más tarde incluida en el álbum Tribute, lanzado el 19 de marzo de 1987, en conmemoración de la muerte del guitarrista Randy Rhoads.

[ru] Crazy Train

«Crazy Train» — песня, написанная Оззи Осборном, Рэнди Роадсом и Бобом Дейсли. Была выпущена как первый сингл Осборна в 1980 году для дебютного альбома Blizzard of Ozz. Песня была написана в 1980 году и позже была включена в концертный альбом Tribute, выпущенный 19 марта 1987 года. Концертный вариант песни был впервые выпущен как сингл 10 февраля 1987 года. Несмотря на небольшие достижения в чартах, песня считается визитной карточкой Оззи и классикой рока и хэви-метала до сегодняшних дней.


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