N.I.B.

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"N.I.B." is a song released by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It first appeared as the fourth track on the band's self-titled debut album. The lyrics are in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer. Bassist Geezer Butler, who composed the song's lyrics, has said that "the song was about the devil falling in love and totally changing, becoming a good person."

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Relationships

lyricist and composer:Geezer Butler
Tony Iommi
Ozzy Osbourne
Bill Ward
publisher:Essex Music International Ltd.
Essex Music International, Inc.
TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
Tro-Andover Music, Inc.
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1970)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/17969 [info]
Wikidata:Q2083951 [info]
later translated versions:S.Ä.N.K.I.

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1969-10-16N.I.B.Black Sabbath6:06
1969-10-16Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B.Black Sabbath9:45
1969-11-17N.I.B. (instrumental)instrumentalBlack Sabbath6:05
1970-06-26N.I.B. (live, 1970‐06‐26: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)liveBlack Sabbath5:34
1970-08-31N.I.B. (live, 1970‐08‐31: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland)liveBlack Sabbath5:45
1970-10-03N.I.B. (live, 1970‐10‐03: Théâtre 140, Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek, Belgium)liveBlack Sabbath5:49
1970-11-22NIB (live, 1970‐11‐22: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveBlack Sabbath5:13
1970-12-20N.I.B. (live, 1970‐12‐20: L’Olympia, Paris, France)liveBlack Sabbath5:32
1970-12-20N.I.B. (live, 1970-12-20: Olympia, Paris, Île-de-France, France)liveBlack Sabbath5:51
1977-04-21N.I.B. (live, 1977-04-21: Olympen, Lund, Sweden)liveBlack Sabbath5:30
1980-08-10N.I.B. (live, 1980-08-10: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA)liveBlack Sabbath5:25
1980-11-21N.I.B. (live, 1980-11-21: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)liveBlack Sabbath6:03
1981-12-31 – 1982-01-02N.I.B. (live, 1982-01-01: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)liveBlack Sabbath5:16
1982-01N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath5:16
1982-04-22N.I.B. (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 4/22/1982)liveBlack Sabbath6:03
1982-09-26 – 1982-09-27N.I.B.cover and liveOzzy Osbourne5:35
1982-09-26 – 1982-09-27N.I.B.liveOzzy Osbourne5:35
1982N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:03
1986-06-02N.I.B. (live, 1986-06-02: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)liveBlack Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi1:37
1992-11-15N.I.B. (live, 1992-11-15: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA)liveBlack Sabbath6:56
1994N.I.B.coverUgly Kid Joe5:28
1994N.I.B. (edit)coverUgly Kid Joe3:18
1997-12-04 – 1997-12-05N.I.B. (live, 1997‐12‐04–1997‐12‐05: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK)liveBlack Sabbath6:49
1998-06-03N.I.B. (live, 1998‐06‐03: Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary)liveBlack Sabbath5:48
1999-01-08N.I.B. (live, 1999-01-08: San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA, USA)liveBlack Sabbath6:45
1999 – 2000N.I.B.coverPrimus with Ozzy5:58
2001-06-30N.I.B. (live, 2001‐06‐30: Glen Helen Blockbuster Amphitheater, San Bernardino, CA, USA)liveBlack Sabbath6:39
2005-06-25N.I.B. (live, 2005‐06‐25: Terra Vibe Park, Malakasa, Greece)liveBlack Sabbath5:46
2012-05-19N.I.B. (live, 2012-05-19: O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK)liveBlack Sabbath?:??
2013-04-29 – 2013-05-01N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:10
2013-04-29 – 2013-05-01N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:19
2017-02-04Bassically / N.I.B. (surround mix)liveBlack Sabbath6:57
2017-02-04Bassically / N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:38
"Nib"coverBat Sabbath5:12
N.I.Bcover and instrumental8‐Bit Arcade5:21
N.I.B (Black Sabbath)coverSorry, Heels4:43
N.I.B.coverStorm Large3:51
N.I.B.coverGinsburg/Margera/Reeder/Rota5:41
N.I.B.Black Sabbath5:28
N.I.B. (live, 1982: USA)liveBlack Sabbath5:09
N.I.B.coverPitchshifter4:43
N.I.B.coverFratres3:56
N.I.B.coverBlackened Halo5:39
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath?:??
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath7:14
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath5:52
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath5:32
N.I.B.cover and instrumentalDeath Row4:49
N.I.B.coverHilary Woods4:10
N.I.B.cover and instrumentalRockabye Baby!4:13
N.I.B.coverDofka5:01
N.I.B.Black Sabbath6:07
N.I.B.Black Sabbath?:??
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath7:38
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:07
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath?:??
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath?:??
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:00
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath6:00
N.I.B.Black Sabbath6:04
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath5:27
N.I.B.liveBlack Sabbath5:07
N.I.B.Black Sabbath6:09
N.I.B.Black Sabbath6:17
N.I.B.coverDanzig5:04
N.I.B.coverAnacrusis4:29
N.I.B.coverBlood Coven4:54
N.I.B.coverA Drag City Supersession4:53
N.I.B.coverBrown Sabbath feat. Alex Marrero5:51
N.I.B.coverCave In4:17
N.I.B.coverSorry, Heels4:43
N.I.B.coverAcid Drinkers3:33
N.I.B.Black Sabbath5:38
N.I.B.Ozzy Osbourne?:??
N.I.B.Black Sabbath5:23
N.I.B.Primus with Ozzy1:02
N.I.B. - wersja radiowacoverAcid Drinkers3:34
N.I.B. (alternative version)Black Sabbath6:07
NibcoverGod of War4:45
No Presents for Christmascover, medley and partialMastodon + Dethklok + Municipal Waste5:15