Rat Salad

Rat Salad

Song infobox
Name = Rat Salad


Artist = Black Sabbath
Album = Paranoid
Released = 1970
track_no = 7
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 2:30
Writer =
Label = Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US)
Producer = Rodger Bain
Chart position =
prev = "Hand of Doom"
prev_no = 6
next = "Fairies Wear Boots"
next_no = 8"Rat Salad" is a two-and-a-half minute instrumental by Black Sabbath, from their 1970 album "Paranoid". The song's most prominent feature is a drum solo by Bill Ward, bookended by guitar riffs by Tony Iommi.

Van Halen considered adopting the name "Rat Salad" early on in their career, until then-lead singer David Lee Roth suggested simply using "Van Halen."Fact|date=February 2007

The song is featured on the B-side on the "Paranoid" single. A live version was also present on the unofficial Live at Last and the official Past Lives.


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