3 of Ozzy Osbourne’s Most Underrated Black Sabbath Songs That Deserve More Love

We lost one of the greats of heavy metal on July 22, 2025. Ozzy Osbourne has left this moral realm. But, Ozzy Osbourne’s genre-defining works on his own and as part of iconic heavy metal outfit Black Sabbath will be loved for centuries more. Let’s take a look at a few deep cuts from Ozzy’s time with Black Sabbath that I think are way too underrated.

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“Planet Caravan” from ‘Paranoid’ (1970)

“Planet Caravan” isn’t exactly a deep cut. However, it is a sorely underrated song from Black Sabbath. And it has historically gotten a bit of flak through the years. It’s an admittedly not very heavy metal-sounding song. 

In fact, “Planet Caravan” sounds more like a psychedelic rock song than anything. But it has that notable and identifiable Black Sabbath flair, complete with incredible vocals from Ozzy Osbourne that were famously recorded through a Leslie rotary speaker. Bill Ward played the bongos on the track, too. It’s a weird one, but I consider it a gem among the band’s other songs from Paranoid.

“Megalomania” from ‘Sabotage’ (1975)

This impressive piece of work from Sabotage does not get as much love as it should. “Megalomania” is a nearly 10-minute-long venture, and every second of it is enthralling. The song opens with a moody riff and that haunting delivery from Ozzy Osbourne. “My body echoed to the dreams of my soul / This god is something that I could not control.” 

There’s something vaguely Lovecraftian about this track, and that buildup lasts for nearly five minutes before offering any sort of relief for the listener. Ward’s drum track is killer on this one, and Osbourne’s vocal delivery remains incredible throughout the song.

“Air Dance” from ‘Never Say Die’ (1978)

This song (and the album Never Say Die) came at a bit of an odd period for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne. It was the band’s final album with Osbourne before giving him the boot the following year. It would remain the last album they would put together with him for decades. 

There are a few really experimental songs on this album that some fans loved and others hated, but I happen to think “Air Dance” is something really, really unique. The melody is gorgeous, that piano track is fitting, and the use of synths made the whole thing sound more ethereal.

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