Crazy Train
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Crazy Train is an 1981 heavy metal song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, released on the album "Blizzard Of Ozz". The theme of the song is dark, but features Ozzy pleading for sanity in what he views as an insane world, hence the chorus "I'm going off the rails on a crazy train." The song is famous for its opening riff, which is one of the most famous guitar riffs in all of heavy metal and rock.
Popularity
- The riff is used by many baseball players as their walk-up music, including Chipper Jones and Troy Glaus. It is also the introduction song for the New England Patriots of the NFL.
- Recently, rapper Trick Daddy sampled it for his song Let's Go .
- A swing version of this song by Pat Boone was featured as the opening theme for the MTV show The Osbournes. Blue Man Group covered the song on their 2003 Complex Rock Tour, playing the riff on their trademark PVC instruments, with one of the Blue Men striking a vibraslap that keeps rattling.
- The song was one of Ozzy Osbourne's major hits in both UK and US charts. It was also rated 9th greatest guitar solo ever by over 25 million readers of Guitar World magazine.
- The song was also ranked 9th by VH1 on the list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs.
- The song was covered by Heavy Metal band Bullet For My Valentine on a Kerrang! CD.
- The Argentine heavy metal band Tren Loco ([homepage]) is named partially after this song (Tren loco is Spanish for Crazy Train).
External links
- [Crazy Train] Lyrics at DarkLyrics
- [Crazy Train Riff] Video showing how to play Crazy Train Riff
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