DESCRIPTION:
From '' Your Goddamned Mouth ''
Label: 1 1/4 York -- 002
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, Colored
Country: US
Released: 1990

Tracklist
A Your Goddamned Mouth (Written-By -- Catherine Irwin)
B War Pigs

Vocals, Guitar, Dulcimer -- Catherine Irwin
Vocals, Guitar -- Janet Beveridge Bean
Guitar [Slide], Engineer -- Mathew O'Bannon
Double Bass -- Dave Gay

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"War Pigs" is an anti-war song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album Paranoid.
It is generally believed that the band wrote the song as a protest against the Vietnam War; however, when Sabbath played "War Pigs" in the mid-'70s, they projected scenes from World War II.

As explained in the liner notes of the band's live album Reunion, the original title of the song was "Walpurgis", dealing with a witches' sabbath.
The title, lyrics, and theme were subsequently changed during the recording of Paranoid.
An early version, with the original theme, can be found on Ozzy Osbourne's compilation The Ozzman Cometh.

"War Pigs" is the opening track on Paranoid, Black Sabbath's best-selling album.
It can also be found on every live and compilation album by the band except Cross Purposes Live, along with "Paranoid" itself and "Iron Man".
The outro to "War Pigs" has its own name, "Luke's Wall" (named in homage to the band's two-man road crew, Geoff "Luke" Lucas and Spock Wall) and features a more melodic tone than the rest of the song.

"War Pigs" is ranked number two on Digital Dream Door's "100 Greatest Metal Songs".
Readers of Guitar World ranked the song #56 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel.

The tape copy sent to Warner Bros. records in America contained a tape drop-out (in the left stereo channel) about a minute into the song, which has been heard on every other U.S. compilation and reissue since 1971.

Covers

Elf.
Sacred Reich on the EP Surf Nicaragua and their live EP Alive at the Dynamo.
PIG on the Prime Evil EP.
Faith No More on the CD release of their 1989 album The Real Thing and the 1991 Live At The Brixton Academy concert album. The Brixton performance was also released on the Nativity in Black tribute album.
Psychedelic punk band Alice Donut have recorded a brass band version of this song on their 1991 opus, Revenge fantasies of the impotent
Gov't Mule on their 1999 album Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends.
Reef on their "Waster" single.
Hayseed Dixie on A Hot Piece of Grass.
The Flaming Lips at multiple concerts for their iTunes Originals session.
Overkill connects part of the song to their song "Fuck You" to end concerts.
Bathory
Nonpoint in live performances.
Tesla on Real to Reel.
Cake on their 2007 album B-Sides and Rarities.
Beanie Sigel uses a verse from the song plus the background in his song "The Day" from the album The Solution.
Alex Skolnick Trio on their 2002 album Goodbye to Romance: Standards for a New Generation.
Dream Theater in live performances.
Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn's side project Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle on their 2004 album Night Light.
Bong-Ra in live performances.
Weezer on their 2009 summer tour would play only a portion of the song and then go into their song "Hash Pipe" or "Why Bother?".
Esham samples this song in his song "Judgement Day" off his 1992 double album, Judgement Day.
Godsmack often incorporates it into their drum duels between Sully Erna and Shannon Larkin.
Ween have played this song live on multiple occasions
Suck on Time to Suck.
Moby during his "wait for me" tour played it during the song Honey, which also includes Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
Estonian band Rondellus covered this song in Medieval style, on their tribute album Sabbatum, sung by two female voices accompanied by a frame drum. In their version the lyrics are translated into Latin, and the song has been retitled "Verres Militares" (literally, "War Pigs").
Pearl Jam have played the ending riff near the end of "Alive" during live performances, most notably at the Drop in the Park show.
Puddle of Mudd have been known to play sections, or all of, "War Pigs" while performing "Control" in concert
The Dresden Dolls typically close shows with "War Pigs"
The Acacia Strain Covered the song for the video game Homefront

In other media

Cover version is featured in Guitar Hero 2.
Cover version is downloadable content for Rock Band series.
It is sampled in Girl Talk's song "Oh No".
Necro (rapper) sampled a line from it for his song "Sorcerer of Death's Construction" off his 2010 album, Die!.
A remixed version appears on a trailer for Gears of War 3.
300 Rise Of An Empire soundtrack

Personnel

Ozzy Osbourne: Vocals
Tony Iommi: Guitar
Geezer Butler: Bass Guitar
Bill Ward: Drums