Yes, you are reading that right. The Cardigans do the Black Sabbath classic, 'Iron Man'. I don't know what to say, either.
Ozzy Osbourne and Sabbath released the album 'Paranoid' in 1970 with this song, and it has since become a signature song for the band. The song itself was released as a single in October of 1971, only managing to reach 52 on the charts. In 2000, it was awarded the Grammy for Best Metal Performance.
Wrestling fans may even recognize it as the original entrance theme of the famous tag team The Road Warriors.
The Cardigans never released the song as a single, only including it on their breakthrough album 'First Band on the Moon' in 1996. This version lacks the distinctive guitar riff of the original, and is a lot more mellow. You could almost say it was recorded as a ballad, if you weren't aware of the dark lyrics and story behind the song.
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