Diary of a Madman (song)
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| Song by Ozzy Osbourne | |||||
| Album | Diary of a Madman | ||||
| Released | November 7, 1981 & August 22, 1995 (re-issue) | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy Metal | ||||
| Length | 6:14 | ||||
| Label | Jet Records Epic Records |
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| Writer | Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads Bob Daisley Lee Kerslake |
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| Producer | Ozzy Osbourne | ||||
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"Diary of a Madman" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1981 on his Diary of a Madman album.
Guitarist Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar lessons while on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour, and came up with the opening acoustic riff by using a variation of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer's Etude #6.
The song was written by Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake with the latter two writing the lyrics and vocal melodies, respectively. Supposedly, Ozzy had a hard time coping with the unusual time signature in this song, which was composed by Randy Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley. According to Daisley, Ozzy's comment was: "I'm not fucking Frank Zappa, you know."
The alternative rock band A Perfect Circle covered this song, and combined it with "Lovesong" by The Cure.
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