“Never Say Die” by Black Sabbath

"Never Say Die" is the title song of Never Say Die!, the eighth studio album Black Sabbath released in September 1978, and with hindsight the title sounds like whistling past the graveyard: it was the last studio record by the original lineup, and the last with Ozzy Osbourne singing until 13 came along in 2013.

The four of them wrote it and produced it themselves, Osbourne on lead vocals, Tony Iommi on electric guitar, Geezer Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums and percussion, with Don Airey guesting on keyboards and Dave Harris engineering. It came out of rough times. The band were struggling with heavy substance abuse, and before the sessions Osbourne had walked out for a while, with Dave Walker, known from Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac, briefly taking his place.

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