[2][3] They resorted to drastic measures (including renting out the supposedly haunted Clearwell Castle to live in) to inspire him.

[4] During the band's late-1990s Reunion tour, the song was played but shortened, skipping the final verse due to Osbourne's diminishing vocal range.

[5] American thrash metal band Anthrax covered this song, and it is featured as track 3 of their 1987 EP I'm The Man.

American noise rock / experimental metal band Today Is the Day covered the song; it was featured on volume three of the In These Black Days tribute series and on the band's fourth studio album, Temple of the Morning Star.

[6] Cash Box said it was a "heavy metal excursion into the hard rocking world of these highly successful British rockers" but that "softer breaks incorporated with the heavy make this track Black Sabbath's strongest single possibility in some time.