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“Stillborn (Planet of Sound version)” by Zakk Wylde
“Stillborn (Planet of Sound version)” by Zakk Wylde appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. Its best result is #1 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 hard rock song of 2003 and #157 of the '00s.
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Zakk Wylde's band Black Label Society first put out "Stillborn" in 2003, on The Blessed Hellride and as a single, and this is the take billed as the Planet of Sound version. On that record Wylde's singing drifted close to Ozzy Osbourne's own, and on the album cut Osbourne himself joins him on the chorus.
The song is a love story gone rotten: a man so badly used by his girlfriend that his feelings for her die and leave him feeling dead too. Wylde insists it isn't autobiographical, and says any girl who tried that on him would simply get dumped. Rob Zombie directed the video, all blue light and zombies with Sheri Moon Zombie in a cameo, and years later the song turned up in Guitar Hero World Tour as the encore after you beat Wylde in a guitar duel.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 | 106 |
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