Planet Caravan

"Planet Caravan"
Song by Black Sabbath
from the album Paranoid
Released	18 September 1970 (1970-09-18)
Recorded	16–21 June 1970
Length	4:35
Label	Vertigo Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Iommi Ward Butler Osbourne
Producer(s)	Rodger Bain

"Planet Caravan" is a song by the English heavy metal 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 vibration 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. On 08:45 GMT, May 31, 2020, Planet Caravan was the choice of wake-up music for SpaceX's Crew Dragon's maiden flight as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, the first manned flight for NASA since STS-134 May 16, 2011.

Pantera cover

"Planet Caravan"
Single by Pantera
from the album Far Beyond Driven
Released	1994
Recorded	1994
Length	4:03
Label	EastWest
Songwriter(s)	Tony Iommi Bill Ward Geezer Butler Ozzy Osbourne
Producer(s)	Terry Date Pantera
Pantera singles chronology
"I'm Broken" (1994) "Planet Caravan" (1994) "5 Minutes Alone" (1994)

"Planet Caravan" was covered by American heavy metal band Pantera for their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven.

Music video

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.

Release and reception

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 record. Inside, the record 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 number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as well as charting on the UK Singles Chart, managing to peak at number 26.

In the liner notes of Far Beyond Driven, it reads:

"This is a Black Sabbath song off of the Paranoid album. So don't freak out on us. We did the song because we wanted to. It has nothing to do with the integrity of our direction. It's a tripped out song. We think you'll dig it. If you don't, don't fucking listen to it. Thanks. On behalf of the rest of Pantera, Phil Anselmo '94."

Metal Hammer ranked the cover of "Planet Caravan" #31 on their list of the 50 best Pantera songs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pantera except where noted

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Planet Caravan" (Black Sabbath)
2.	"The Badge" (Poison Idea)

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cowboys from Hell" (live)
2.	"Heresy" (live)

Charts

Chart (1994–1995)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	90
UK Singles Chart	26
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	21

External links

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