Bark at the Moon

"Bark at the Moon"
Single by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Bark at the Moon
B-side	"One Up the "B" Side"
Released	November 1983
Format	7 inch vinyl (45 RPM)
Recorded	1983
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:17
Label	Jet, Epic
Writer(s)	Ozzy Osbourne
Producer	Max Norman
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
"Iron Man/Children of the Grave" (live) (1983) "Bark at the Moon" (1983) "So Tired" (1983)

"Bark at the Moon" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne. It is the opening track on his 1983 album of the same name. The song was composed by Jake E. Lee and Bob Daisley; lyrics were written by Osbourne. (In 2003, Daisley filed a lawsuit against Osbourne, claiming lost royalties. Although Osbourne has the sole writing credit for all tracks on the album, Daisley alleged authorship on each of Osbourne's first three solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman and Bark at the Moon.) This song itself is four minutes and 17 seconds long.

The song itself is about a mythical beast that once terrorized a town, was killed and then resurrected itself to once more wreak havoc. The music video, however, is about a scientist (played by Osbourne) who accidentally turns himself into a beast, is killed, and resurrected as a free human again.

This song marked the first recording after the death of Osbourne's original guitarist Randy Rhoads, with replacement Jake E. Lee.

The music video for "Bark at the Moon" was partially filmed at the Holloway Sanitorium outside of London, England.

Cover versions

The song was covered by the punk rock band Strung Out for the compilation Punk Goes Metal.

Metal band Shadows Fall recorded a cover of this song available on the Deluxe Edition of their 2009 album Retribution. The cover was also released as a single on March 15, 2010 alongside a promo video directed by David Brodsky Also there was a cover made of this song by the horror punk band Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 on their Viva Las Violence album.

In popular culture

• Cover version appears in Guitar Hero.
• It is downloadable content for Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.
• Master track appears in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits,
• Master track is downloadable content for Rock Band 3.
• It appears on the in-game radio station V-Rock in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
• It is the opening theme for the QMJHL team the Moncton Wildcats.
• Popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after a 1980s hit song, named an episode after this song.
• It appears in 1988 TV movie The Freddy Krueger Special.
• It is mentioned in the song Metal Machine by the Swedish band Sabaton.

Trivia

As final track in career mode of Guitar Hero, it is considered to be one of the most difficult songs in all of the Guitar Hero series, partially because of the difficulty of the Hammer on and Pull off mechanics in the first Guitar Hero game which make the solos even more problematic.

Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
• Jake E. Lee - guitar
• Bob Daisley - bass
• Don Airey - keyboards
• Tommy Aldridge - drums

External links

• Pedal settings for a transcription of "Bark at the Moon" in Guitar World's August 2007 issue