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Black Sabbath: "Paranoid" at 56

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Released: 1970

Short a song for their second album, Black Sabbath wrote the title track in twenty-five minutes to fill the runtime — and accidentally invented heavy metal's commercial breakthrough.

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ABBA: “Arrival” at 50

ABBA - Arrival

Released: 1976

A demo called 'Boogaloo,' a royal wedding gala, and a helicopter photo shoot turned ABBA's fourth album into three of the biggest singles of the decade — and, in 2024, a Library of Congress induction.