Paranoid
Black Sabbath
- Key
- E minor
- Camelot
- 9A
- BPM
- 162.9
Key confidence high · relative G major (9B) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 81.5 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev
The recording is tuned near 447 Hz, not A440.
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"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath has charted in 14 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #31 (GB) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E minor (9A) at 162.9 BPM.
- Markets
- 14
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-17
- Peak
- #31 gb
Started in 3 markets, now in 14.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Remixed by Black Sabbath — Paranoid (Kozilek remix)source
- Written by Geezer Butlersource
- Written by Tony Iommisource
- Written by Ozzy Osbournesource
- Written by Bill Wardsource
- Covered Ozzy Osbournesource
- Covered Angel Witchsource
- Covered Ozzy Osbourne feat. Randy Rhoadssource
- Covered Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoadssource
- Covered Hüsker Düsource
- Covered Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoadssource
- Covered Skrewdriversource
- Covered The Smashing Pumpkinssource
- Covered Ragesource
- Covered Type O Negativesource
- Covered Megadethsource
- Covered Ozzy Osbourne with Tony Iommisource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Polandpl · deezer#71#51#71
- Ukraineua · deezer shazam#94#53#94
- Bulgariabg · shazam#169#146#169
- Ecuadorec · deezer#50#50—
- Czechiacz · deezer#82#67#82
- Boliviabo · deezer#89#89—
- Israelil · deezer#84#45#84
- Costa Ricacr · deezer#65#65—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- gb 1 city · best #31 newcastle upon tyne
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- Not known yet
- Slug
- black-sabbath__paranoid
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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