"Planet Caravan" | ||||
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Song by Black Sabbath from the album Paranoid | ||||
Released | 18 September 1970 | |||
Recorded | 16–21 June 1970 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 4:35 | |||
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Producer(s) | Rodger Bain | |||
Paranoid track listing | ||||
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"Planet Caravan" | ||||
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Single by Pantera | ||||
from the album Far Beyond Driven | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Shoegaze, Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock | |||
Label | EastWest | |||
Writer(s) | Iommi/Butler/Ward/Osbourne | |||
Producer(s) | Terry Date, Pantera | |||
Pantera singles chronology | ||||
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"Planet Caravan" is a song by the English rock band Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler has stated that the song's meaning is floating through the universe with one's lover. The lyrics to the demo version as available on the Special Edition reissue of Paranoid were ad-libbed by Osbourne about an outing in the woods. The song appears on their 1970 breakthrough album Paranoid. Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne uses a Leslie speaker to achieve the vocals' treble and vibrato effects. The piano parts on the track were played by album engineer Tom Allom. Iommi overdubbed flute to the reversed multitrack master which was then re-forwarded and treated with stereo delay.
"Planet Caravan" was covered by American heavy metal band Pantera for their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven. It is often played as a bumper before commercials on the syndicated Jesus Christ show (originating from KFI AM 640) on Sunday mornings.
A video was produced for the song. All of the computer-generated visuals for the video were taken from Karl Sims digital animation "Panspermia" produced for the 1991 SIGGRAPH conference. The "Planet Caravan" video has been omitted from recent Pantera music video collections.
The song was released as the second single from Far Beyond Driven, and the follow up single to their hit single "I'm Broken" in 1994 on EastWest Records as a 12" single. It came in a 12" gatefold with a blood-red vinyl. Inside, the vinyl has a band picture with "To our fans: Thanks for the support!! You rule!! We'll see y'all next year!!" in silver. The pictures have also been signed in silver. The single became Pantera's highest charting single in the United States, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as well as charting on the UK Singles Chart, managing to peak at #26.