War Pigs
~ Song
Annotation
"War Pigs" is the opening track on Paranoid, Black Sabbath's best-selling album. 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). In the North American edition of the album, the songs "War Pigs" and "Fairies Wear Boots" were entitled "War Pigs / Luke's Wall" and "Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots", respectively.
Annotation last modified on 2011-08-04 06:51 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Geezer Butler |
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| composer: | Geezer Butler Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Bill Ward |
| publisher: | Essex Music International Ltd. Essex Music International, Inc. TRO Essex Music International, Inc. Tro-Andover Music, Inc. ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1970) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/726 [info] |
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| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1299 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q926002 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Sotasiat Verres militares |
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| version of: | Walpurgis |
| parts: | Luke’s Wall (outro to War Pigs) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1970-06-16 – 1970-06-17 | War Pigs (instrumental) | instrumental | Black Sabbath | 8:00 |
| 1970-06-16 – 1970-06-17 | War Pigs (instrumental) | instrumental | Black Sabbath | 7:58 |
| 1970-06-16 – 1970-07-08 | War Pigs / Luke’s Wall (original stereo studio mix) | Black Sabbath | 7:56 | |
| 1970-06-26 | War Pigs (live, 1970‐06‐26: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:02 |
| 1970-08-31 | War Pigs (live, 1970‐08‐31: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:44 |
| 1970-10-03 | War Pigs (live, 1970‐10‐03: Théâtre 140, Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek, Belgium) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:04 |
| 1970-11-22 | War Pigs (live, 1970‐11‐22: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:04 |
| 1970-12-20 | War Pigs (live, 1970‐12‐20: L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:59 |
| 1970 | War Pigs / Luke’s Wall (Quadradisc mix in stereo) | Black Sabbath | 7:58 | |
| 1970 | War Pigs / Luke’s Wall | Black Sabbath | 7:55 | |
| 1973-03-16 | War Pigs (live, 1973‐03‐16: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:38 |
| 1973-03-16 | War Pigs (live, 1973‐03‐16: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:52 |
| 1973-07-01 | War Pigs (live, 1973-07-01: Ngaruawahia Music Festival, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:00 |
| 1973 | War Pigs (live, 1973‐03‐16: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:38 |
| 1974-02-11 | War Pigs (live, 1974‐02‐11: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:28 |
| 1975-08-05 | War Pigs (live, 1975‐08‐05: Asbury Park Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:24 |
| 1976-01-13 | War Pigs (live, 1976-01-13: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:54 |
| 1977-04-21 | War Pigs (live, 1977-04-21: Olympen, Lund, Sweden) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:40 |
| 1980-08-10 | War Pigs (live, 1980-08-10: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:11 |
| 1980-08-10 | War Pigs | Black Sabbath | ?:?? | |
| 1980-11-21 | War Pigs (live, 1980-11-21: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:38 |
| 1981-12-31 – 1982-01-02 | War Pigs (live, 1982-01-01: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:40 |
| 1982-01 | War Pigs | live | Black Sabbath | 7:40 |
| 1982-04-22 | War Pigs | live | Black Sabbath | 7:19 |
| 1982-04-22 | War Pigs (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 4/22/1982) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:19 |
| 1982-09-26 – 1982-09-27 | War Pigs | cover and live | Ozzy Osbourne | 8:35 |
| 1982-09-26 – 1982-09-27 | War Pigs | live | Ozzy Osbourne | 8:35 |
| 1982-09-26 – 1982-09-27 | War Pigs | live | Ozzy Osbourne | 8:15 |
| 1983-08-27 | War Pigs (live, 1983‐08‐27: Little John’s Farm, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:37 |
| 1983-08-27 | War Pigs | Black Sabbath | ?:?? | |
| 1983-08-27 | War Pigs (live, 1983-08-27: BBC Friday Radio Rock Show) | live | Black Sabbath | 7:25 |
| 1983-11-04 | War Pigs (live 1983-11-04: The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | Black Sabbath | 7:31 | |
| 1983-11-04 | War Pigs (live 1983-11-04: The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | Black Sabbath | 7:38 | |
| 1983-11-04 | War Pigs (live 1983-11-04: The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | Black Sabbath | 7:30 | |
| 1986-06-02 | War Pigs (live, 1986-06-02: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi | 8:11 |
| 1987-11-24 | War Pigs (live, 1987-11-24: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More | ?:?? |
| 1989-03-11 | War Pigs (live, 1989-03-11: Night Moves, Huntington Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More | ?:?? |
| 1989-05-15 | War Pigs | cover and live | Sacred Reich | 6:28 |
| 1989-09-14 | War Pigs (live, 1989-09-14: Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More | ?:?? |
| 1989-09-23 | War Pigs (live, 1989‐09‐23: Sheraton Universal Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:17 |
| 1989-09-23 | War Pigs (live, 1989-09-23: Foundations Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:17 |
| 1989-11-09 | War Pigs (live, 1989-11-09: Loft, Berlin, Germany) | cover and live | Faith No More | 8:01 |
| 1990-01-31 | War Pigs (live, 1990-01-31: Hummingbird, Birmingham, England) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:01 |
| 1990-02-06 | War Pigs (live, 1990-02-06: UEA, Norwich, England, UK) | cover and live | Faith No More | 8:21 |
| 1990-02-13 | War Pigs (live, 1990-02-13: Dynamo Club, Eindhoven, Netherlands) | cover and live | Faith No More | 8:01 |
| 1990-04-23 | War Pigs (live, 1990-04-23: Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, UK) | cover and live | Faith No More | ?:?? |
| 1990-04-28 | War Pigs (live, 1990-04-28: Brixton Academy, London, England) | cover and live | Faith No More | 6:58 |
| 1990-04-28 | War Pigs (live, 1990-04-28: Brixton Academy, London, England) | cover and live | Faith No More | 9:21 |
| 1990-05-06 | War Pigs (live, 1990-05-06: Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:34 |
| 1990-05-17 | War Pigs (live, 1990-05-17: Prego Club, Milan, Italy) | cover and live | Faith No More | ?:?? |
| 1990-06-24 | War Pigs (live, 1990-06-24: Parkpop, Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:58 |
| 1990-06-24 | War Pigs (live, 1990-06-24: Parkpop, Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands) | cover and live | Faith No More | 8:26 |
| 1990-06-24 | War Pigs (live, 1990-06-24: Parkpop, Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:19 |
| 1990-06-26 | War Pigs (live, 1990-06-26: Garage, Saarbrücken, Germany) | cover and live | Faith No More | 7:42 |
| 1990-11-09 | War Pigs (live, 1990-11-09: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Faith No More with Ozzy and James Hetfield | 8:07 |
| 1990 | War Pigs (live, 1990-11-09: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Faith No More with Ozzy and James Hetfield | 8:07 |
| 1991 – 1992 | War Pigs (live, 1991–1992) | cover and live | Ozzy Osbourne | 9:17 |
| 1992-02-29 | War Pig / Iron Man / [Lars solo] (live, 1992-02-29: Providence, RI, USA) | cover, live and medley | Metallica | 2:57 |
| 1992-08-09 | War Pigs (live, 1992-08-09: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:35 |
| 1994-09-09 | War Pigs (live, 1994-09-09: Burbank, CA, USA) | cover and live | Dream Theater | 2:15 |
| 1997-12-04 – 1997-12-05 | War Pigs (live, 1997‐12‐04–1997‐12‐05: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:33 |
| 1997 | Down to This | cover, live and partial | Soul Coughing | 7:30 |
| 1997 | Medley: Space Trucking / Woman From Tokyo / Back in Black / Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City / War Pigs / Paranoid (live, 1997: O'Malley's, Kauniainen) | cover, live and medley | Ben Granfelt | 13:15 |
| 1998-05-22 | War Pigs (live, 1998-05-22: Depots 19th St. Warehouse, Lubbock, TX, USA) | cover, live and partial | Dream Theater | 2:15 |
| 1998-06-03 | War Pigs (live, 1998‐06‐03: Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:55 |
| 1999-01-08 | War Pigs (live, 1999-01-08: San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 9:27 |
| 2000-10-18 | War Pigs (live, 2000-10-18: The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland) | cover and live | Dream Theater | 4:15 |
| 2000 | War Pigs (live, 2000) | cover and live | Dream Theater | 3:49 |
| 2001-06-30 | War Pigs (live, 2001‐06‐30: Glen Helen Blockbuster Amphitheater, San Bernardino, CA, USA) | live | Black Sabbath | 9:32 |
| 2003-05-03 | War Pigs | cover and live | Gov’t Mule | 8:57 |
| 2003-10 | War Pigs | cover | Nativo | 7:59 |
| 2004-06-17 | War Pigs (live, 2004-06-17: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2004-06-29 | War Pigs (live, 2004-06-29: Le Réservoir, Paris, France) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2004-08-13 | War Pigs (live, 2004-08-13: Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 9:39 |
| 2004-10-15 | War Pigs (live, 2004-10-15: Athens, GA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 9:38 |
| 2004-10-16 | War Pigs (live, 2004-10-16: Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2004-10-16 | War Pigs (live, 2004-10-16: Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 10:48 |
| 2004-11-05 | War Pigs (live, 2004-11-05: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2004-11-17 | War Pigs (live, 2004-11-17: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2004-12-19 | War Pigs (Black Sabbath Cover) | cover and live | The Flaming Lips | 4:07 |
| 2005-01-01 | War Pigs (live, 2005-01-01: Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2005-01-26 | War Pigs (live, 2005-01-26: Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 10:57 |
| 2005-02-05 | War Pigs (live, 2005-02-05: Lupo's at the Strand, Providence, RI, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 9:53 |
| 2005-02-23 | War Pigs (live, 2005-02-23: La Boule Noire, Paris, France) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2005-02-27 | War Pigs (live, 2005-02-27: Flex, Vienna, Austria) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:38 |
| 2005-03-02 | War Pigs (live, 2005-03-02: Logo, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 9:48 |
| 2005-03-10 | War Pigs (live, 2005-03-10: Le Transbordeur, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:52 |
| 2005-04-29 | War Pigs (live, 2005-04-29: Empire Nightclub, Sacramento, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-22 | War Pigs (live, 2005-06-22: Le Zénith, Paris, France) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-25 | War Pigs (live, 2005‐06‐25: Terra Vibe Park, Malakasa, Greece) | live | Black Sabbath | 8:54 |
| 2005-12-28 | War Pigs (live, 2005-12-28: RecCenter Space, Echo Park, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 9:56 |
| 2005-12-29 | War Pigs (live, 2005-12-29: Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:14 |
| 2005-12-31 | War Pigs (live, 2005-12-31: Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | ?:?? |
| 2006-03-31 | War Pigs (live, 2006-03-31: Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Flaming Lips | 4:27 |
| 2006-04-30 | War Pigs (live, 2006-04-30: Donaufestival 2006, Messehalle Krems, Krems, Austria) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:18 |
| 2007-06-30 | War Pigs (live, 2007-06-30: True Colors, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:35 |
| 2007-08-04 | War Pigs (live, 2007-08-04: Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) | cover and live | Sacred Reich | 7:10 |
| 2007-08-04 | War Pigs (live, 2007-08-04: Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) | cover and live | Sacred Reich | ?:?? |
| 2008-05-18 | War Pigs (live, 2008-05-18: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 11:47 |
| 2008-07-05 | War Pigs (live, 2008-07-05: Rothbury Festival, Sherwood Court, Rothbury, MI, USA) | cover and live | The Dresden Dolls | 8:29 |
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