Iron Man (song) - Covers

Covers

• Green Day covered part of the song live
• The Cardigans covered the song on their 1996 album First Band on the Moon.
• Cat Rapes Dog covered the song for the 1990 single "Fundamental"
• Electric Eel Shock from Japan recorded an up tempo version on their 2005 album Beat Me they also often open live shows with the intro.
• Giant Sand covered the song on their 2002 album Cover Magazine.
• The Bad Plus covered the song on their 2004 album Give.
• Sir Mix-a-Lot (backed by metal band Metal Church) covered the song with new lyrics on Mix-A-Lot's 1988 album Swass.
• NOFX recorded a cover of the song which was released years later on their 1992 compilation, Maximum Rocknroll.
• Irish band Therapy? covered the song for the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black. Vocals on the track were provided by Ozzy Osbourne, who sang on the original.
• Busta Rhymes used the song on his 1998 album, E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front, as the backing for the song "This Means War", keeping the original chorus. Ozzy Osbourne is featured as a guest vocalist. This song is also featured on the second Nativity in Black tribute album.
• Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids covered the song on their 1990 demos, albeit with the lyrics altered to make reference to the Son of Sam murders.
• Metallica covered the song when Black Sabbath was introduced in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
• Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder has, on occasion, such as at the Reading Festival 2007, played the song humorously on ukulele.
• Kanye West samples the song on his song "Hell of a Life" on his album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
• Four Tet performs an instrumental cover on the Black Sabbath covers album Everything Comes & Goes.
• William Shatner covers the song alongside Zakk Wylde (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist) on his 2011 album Seeking Major Tom.
• Comedian Bob Rivers recorded a parody as the title track of his album I Am Santa Claus.
• Opium Jukebox covered this song on their 2011 album Bhangra Bloody Bhangra - A Tribute To Black Sabbath.
• Detox Junky sampled the song on a "retelling" of the Iron Man story, in a song also titled Iron Man.
• Sroeng Santi recorded a Thai language version entitled "Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng"