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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox song<br />
| name = Children of the Sea<br />
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| artist = [[Black Sabbath]]<br />
| album = [[Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)|Heaven and Hell]]<br />
| released = 18 April 1980<br />
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| recorded = October 1979 at [[Criteria Studios|Criteria Recording Studios]] in [[Miami]], Florida<br />
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| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br />
| length = 5:34<br />
| label = [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] <br />
| writer = Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward<br />
| producer = [[Martin Birch]]<br />
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"'''Children of the Sea'''" is a song by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Black Sabbath]], from their ninth studio album, ''[[Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)|Heaven and Hell]]'' (1980).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/children-of-the-sea-mt0028745989 |title=Children of the Sea - Black Sabbath &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
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"Children of the Sea" was the first song written by the band following the 1979 departure of original lead singer [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. The song's melody and lyrics were composed by new singer, [[Ronnie James Dio]], and the music was written largely by guitarist [[Tony Iommi]].<ref name="hotten">{{cite web|author=Hotten, Jon |title=The Dio Years |url=http://images.radcity.net/6340/2165303.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124161532/http://images.radcity.net/6340/2165303.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-24 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref><br />
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After first meeting Iommi in 1979, Dio arrived at the guitarist's [[Los Angeles]] house for a [[jam session]], and on that occasion the duo wrote the song.<ref name="hotten" /> "Tony had this great riff he played me but nothing to go with it," recalled Dio. "I said, 'Gimme a minute' and went into the corner and started writing down the words." Iommi recalled the moment as a turning point in Black Sabbath's career, saying "It was exciting and challenging because we were doing things that quite frankly would have been beyond us with Ozzy. He wasn't that sort of singer."<ref name="hotten" /> Iommi claims to still possess a very early demo recording of the song with Osbourne on vocals, though with a different melody and lyrics.<ref name="iommiautobiography">{{cite book |last=Iommi |first=Tony |title=Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath |url=https://archive.org/details/ironmanmyjourney00iomm_0 |url-access=registration |year=2011 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0306819551}}<!--|accessdate=July 21, 2013 --></ref><br />
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Once Dio had joined the band, a new demo recording of the song was produced featuring [[Geoff Nicholls]] on bass. The band's longtime bassist, [[Geezer Butler]], was going through a [[divorce]] and wasn't able to commit to the band. "In the end though, Geezer sorted himself out and Geoff stayed with us to play keyboards", said Iommi.<ref name="hotten" /><br />
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The song was recorded live at [[Deeside Leisure Centre]] on 20 May 1980 and appears as the B-side of the single "[[Neon Knights]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/black-sabbath/1980/deeside-leisure-centre-queensferry-wales-2bdae416.html|title=Black Sabbath Deeside Leisure Centre 20/05/1980}}</ref><br />
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"Children of the Sea" was ranked the 18th best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rehe |first1=Christoph |title=Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch |date=2013 |publisher=Sysyphus Sysyphus Verlags GmbH |isbn=3868526463 |language=de}}</ref><br />
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==Covers==<br />
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* [[List of cover versions of Black Sabbath songs]].<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
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;Black Sabbath<br />
*[[Ronnie James Dio]] – [[Singing|lead vocals]]<br />
*[[Tony Iommi]] – [[guitar|guitars]]<br />
*[[Geezer Butler]] – [[bass guitar|bass]]<br />
*[[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]<br />
*[[Geoff Nicholls]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Songs written by Bill Ward (musician)]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Geezer Butler]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Ronnie James Dio]]<br />
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