All aboard! “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne joins the Billions Club on Spotify

After more than one billion plays, Ozzy Osbourne‘s iconic 1980 song “Crazy Train” has been added to Spotify’s Billions Club, as per Blabbermouth. All of the songs on Spotify that have received more than one billion plays are included in the playlist Billions Club, which was initially introduced in 2020. Spotify gives musicians the Billions Club plaque following the accomplishment. Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” “Enter Sandman” and “Master of Puppets,” Aerosmith’s “Dream On,” Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger,” Papa Roach’s “Last Resort,” Slipknot’s “Duality,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City,” Evanescence‘s “Bring Me To Life,” and Van Halen’s “Jump” all contribute to the accomplishment. Over 1,300 songs have reached this milestone thus far.

The movie “Megamind” and “Magic Mike” as well as the television series “The Osbournes,” “The Office,” and “The Simpsons” have all licensed “Crazy Train.” “Crazy Train” first appeared on Ozzy‘s first solo album, “Blizzard Of Ozz” from 1980. The album reached five million certified copies and was certified quintuple platinum in the United States in February 2019. More than 20 years had passed since the LP received a quadruple platinum certification (August 15, 1997). A definitive edition of “Blizzard Of Ozz” that restored and enhanced the original recordings was released in 2011.

It was offered singly or in a premium box set with 1981’s “Diary Of A Madman,” which included a full-size realistic reproduction of Ozzy‘s trademark cross, a 100-page coffee table book, a documentary on DVD, and both albums on CD and vinyl.” The two albums, which highlighted Ozzy‘s brief but illustrious partnership with the late guitar virtuoso Randy Rhoads, were recorded shortly after Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath.

Both albums were restored and remastered from the original analogue recordings for their 2011 reissues, which included previously unseen extra material. The bass and drum sounds, which were controversially removed for a 2002 release by Ozzy‘s wife and manager Sharon due to a royalty disagreement, were restored for the albums. Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake performed the bass and drum tracks, respectively.