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TIL in Finland the Black Sabbath song 'Paranoid' is regularly requested by concert goers as a joke much like the Lynyrd Skynyrd song 'Freebird' is in the United States. Regardless of the band or their musical style audiences will shout "Soittakaa 'Paranoid'!" ("Play 'Paranoid'!") during a concert

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