Crazy Train

Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz Supervision Recommended Information Released 1980 Genre Metal Language English Length 4:43 Source Rock Band 3 also Nintendo DS setlist Available October 26, 2010 Playable in Rock Band 3 Difficulty Band red Basic Pro Guitar red red Bass red 5 Drums red red Keys NoNo Part NoNo Part Vocals 0 0

Details Male singer Guitar Solo Vocal Solo 2-part Harmonies

"Crazy Train" is a song by Ozzy Osbourne in which Ozzy asks when we can all learn to love in a world gone mad.

Randy Rhoads was Ozzy's guitarist on this song - he was in Quiet Riot before joining Osbourne. Like most of the guitar solos he recorded with Ozzy, Rhoads had to "double" all his guitar parts. This means he had to play every note of this very difficult solo exactly the same way, twice. This is one reason why the solo on the recording sounds so unique. Rhoads was a very proficient and influential guitar player. (Thanks, Dave - Marieta, GA)

This was Ozzy's first single after leaving Black Sabbath. The group was billed as "Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz."

The 1987 live double-album Tribute contains a version of this which is a tribute to Randy Rhoads. Rhoads played on Ozzy's first 2 solo albums before he died in a plane crash while the band was touring in Florida in 1982. He was 25.

Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley wrote the music, Daisley wrote the lyrics and Ozzy wrote the vocal melodies. This helped prove that Ozzy could succeed as a solo artist after leaving Black Sabbath.

The sound at the end is a studio engineer saying "An Egg" through an oscillator. Ozzy had asked him what he had for breakfast that morning.

This did not chart in America, but the album gradually sold over 1 million copies there over the next 2 years. It eventually would sell over 3 million in the US.

In 1999, this was used in Mitsubishi car commercials.

This was covered by Pat Boone, former gospel singer and Ozzy's old neighbor, for the album In a Metal Mood. His cover used a whistle and backup singers cooing "Choo, choo" as he sang it in a lazy, Las Vegas style. It gained popularity when it was used as the theme song for MTV's smash hit The Osbournes, and it was included on The Osbourne Family Album with a recording of Jack describing what a great neighbor Pat was. According to Jack, he dealt with everything you see on the show and more - logs flying through the window, constant yelling from the next house, etc.- and never complained once. Pictures exist showing Ozzy at Pat's house, in his garden, by his pool, etc. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

The instrumental of this song was the beat to Lil Jon's "Let's Go." (Thanks, Jackson Robinson - Naperville, IL)

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