Die Young (Black Sabbath song)

"Die Young"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Heaven and Hell
B-side	Heaven and Hell (live)
Released	December 1980
Format	7"/12"
Recorded	October 1979-January 1980 at Studio Ferber, Paris, France
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:41
Label	Vertigo/Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer(s)	Martin Birch
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"Neon Knights" (1980) "Die Young" (1980) "The Mob Rules" (1981)
Heaven and Hell track listing "Wishing Well" (5) "Die Young" (6) "Walk Away"" (7) The Dio Years track listing "Heaven and Hell" (3) "Die Young" (4) "Lonely Is the Word" (5) Audio sample file info · help

"Die Young" is a single by British rock band Black Sabbath from their 1980 album, Heaven and Hell.

It was performed live during all the 1980 and 1981 tours (Ronnie James Dio), and returned to the set for the tours of 1986 (Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen) 1987 (Tony Martin), 1989 (Tony Martin), 1990 (Tony Martin), and 1992 (Ronnie James Dio). Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi customarily plays a lengthy instrumental introductory passage to the song when performing live, with heavy atmospheric keyboard backing.

A live rendition can be heard on Live from Radio City Music Hall, recorded in 2007 by Heaven & Hell, a band formed of members of Black Sabbath from the Mob Rules- and Dehumanizer-era lineups.

In honour of ex-Vio-Lence manager Debbie Abono and Ronnie James Dio's passing, Machine Head's Robb Flynn recorded and released for free online a cover of Die Young.^[1] Abono managed Flynn and Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel when they were members of the Vio-Lence.^[2]

Track listing

UK 7" single (Vertigo #SAB 3)

A. "Die Young"

B. "Heaven and Hell" (live edit)

Track listing

UK 12" single (Vertigo #SAB 312)

A. "Die Young"

B. "Heaven and Hell" (live complete)

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References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics