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The Ozzman Cometh
The Ozzman Cometh
Compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne
Released	11 November 1997
Recorded	1970, 1980–1997
Genre	Heavy metal; hard rock;
Length	77:00
Label	Epic
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker; Duane Baron; Michael Beinhorn; Ron Nevison; Max Norman; Keith Olsen; Ozzy Osbourne; John Purdell; Randy Rhoads
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Singles from The Ozzman Cometh
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The Ozzman Cometh

1997 compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne

The Ozzman Cometh is a compilation album by British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne released in 1997. It is his third greatest hits collection. Its initial, limited-edition 2-CD pressing contained five previously unreleased songs. Versions released in 2002 later have only one disc, and the song "Shot in the Dark" is replaced by "Miracle Man". This was due to a legal action brought about by the song's co-writer, Phil Soussan, for unpaid royalties.

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The CD Version is Digitally Labeled as The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits. The tracks "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots", and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" are performed by Osbourne's previous band Black Sabbath during a 26 April 1970 performance on the BBC Radio 1 show "The John Peel Sessions", conducted by British DJ John Peel. "Fairies Wear Boots" and "War Pigs" are early versions of tracks that would be recorded and released on the band's second album Paranoid with new lyrics.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Black Sabbath" (previously unreleased, featuring extra verse not on album Black Sabbath (1970))	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	"The John Peel Sessions" of 26 April 1970	9:25
2.	"War Pigs" (previously unreleased, early version titled "Walpurgis" with different lyrics)	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	"The John Peel Sessions" of 26 April 1970	8:15
3.	"Goodbye to Romance"	Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley	Blizzard of Ozz (1980)	5:35
4.	"Crazy Train"	Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley	Blizzard of Ozz	4:51
5.	"Mr. Crowley"	Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley	Blizzard of Ozz	4:56
6.	"Over the Mountain"	Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake	Diary of a Madman (1981)	4:32
7.	"Paranoid" (live)	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	Tribute (1987)	2:53
8.	"Bark at the Moon"	Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley	Bark at the Moon (1983)	4:17
9.	"Miracle Man ("Shot in the Dark" - Pre 2002)"	Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley	No Rest for the Wicked (1988)	3:44
10.	"Crazy Babies"	Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo	No Rest for the Wicked	4:14
11.	"No More Tears" (radio edit)	Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell	No More Tears (1991)	5:54
12.	"Mama, I'm Coming Home"	Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy Kilmister	No More Tears	4:11
13.	"I Don't Want to Change the World" (live)	Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Kilmister	Live & Loud (1993)	4:00
14.	"I Just Want You"	Osbourne, Jim Vallance	Ozzmosis (1995)	4:57
15.	"Back on Earth" (previously unreleased)	Richard Supa, Taylor Rhodes	Ozzmosis sessions	5:00

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Fairies Wear Boots" (previously unreleased)	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	"The John Peel Sessions" of 26 April 1970	6:53
2.	"Behind the Wall of Sleep" (previously unreleased)	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	"The John Peel Sessions" of 26 April 1970	5:09
3.	"Walk on Water" (Japanese edition bonus track)	Osbourne, Vallance	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack (1996)	4:19
4.	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Status Quo cover, recorded with Type O Negative, Japanese edition bonus track)	Francis Rossi	Private Parts: The Album (1997)	6:05
5.	"Interview with Ozzy 1988"			17:45

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[10]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Czech Republic	—	28,000^[11]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[12]	Gold	31,901^[12]
United States (RIAA)^[13]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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