"N.I.B."
Song by Black Sabbath
from the album Black Sabbath
Released	February 13, 1970 (UK) June 1, 1970 (U.S.)
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	10:40
Label	Vertigo (UK) Warner Brothers (US)
Writer(s)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer(s)	Rodger Bain
Black Sabbath track listing
"The Wizard" (2)	"N.I.B." (3)	"Wicked World" (4)

"N.I.B." is a song released by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It first appeared as the fourth track on the band's 1970 album, Black Sabbath. The lyrics are about the Devil falling in love and becoming a good person. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 00:34, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. ... Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Harvest Records), Decca Records (with Deram Records) and RCA (with Neon Records). ... Warner Brothers Records is a record label which was launched on March 19, 1958 by Warner Bros. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Frank Anthony Tony Iommi (born February 19, 1948) is a guitarist from Birmingham, England, who is best known as a member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... Terence Michael Joseph Geezer Butler (born 17 July 1949 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the founding bassist for heavy metal legends Black Sabbath. ... Bill Ward Bill Ward (born William Ward, May 5, 1948, Birmingham, England), is the drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. ... The Wizard is the second track of Black Sabbaths 1970 debut album Black Sabbath. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. ... Black Sabbath is the self-titled debut album of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath released in the UK on Friday 13 February 1970. ... The Devil is a title given to a supernatural entity, who, in most interpretations of the Abrahamic faiths, is the central embodiment of evil. ...

"N.I.B." begins with a bass solo by Geezer Butler called "Bassically". It involves the use of wah-wah on his bass. The song's main riff is similar to Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love".There are two Black Sabbath tribute albums named Nativity in Black, based on the acronym. Terence Michael Joseph Geezer Butler (born 17 July 1949 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the founding bassist for heavy metal legends Black Sabbath. ... Seventh release by Manchester indie rock group, James. ... The Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) is a generic meta-format for storing data in tagged chunks. ... Cream was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Sunshine of Your Love, by British supergroup Cream, is from the Disraeli Gears album. ... Nativity in Black is the name of a series of Black Sabbath tribute albums that came out in the 1990s and 2000s. ...

Many bands, including Type O Negative, Ugly Kid Joe and Pitchshifter, have covered the song. Osbourne and Primus recorded the song for Nativity in Black II. This version also appears in Osbourne's boxed set Prince of Darkness. Type O Negative is a gothic doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York. ... Ugly Kid Joe was a heavy metal band from Isla Vista, California. ... A Pitch shifter is an effect that changes the pitch of an audio signal in real time. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Nativity in Black is the name of a series of Black Sabbath tribute albums that came out in the 1990s and 2000s. ... Prince of Darkness is a box set of four CDs by Ozzy Osbourne released in 2005. ...

Writing Credits

• Guitar – Tony Iommi (guitarist)
• Bass guitar, lyrics – Geezer Butler (bassist)
• Drums – Bill Ward (drummer, percussionist)
• Lyrics, vocal line – Ozzy Osbourne (singer)