Preview Ozzy Osbourne's New Video "Let Me Hear You Scream"

On June 22nd, Ozzy Osbourne will return with his 10th solo album Scream — and the Prince of Darkness is making sure you'll hear his call. To coincide with the release, 61-year-old Osbourne will release a video for lead-off track "Let Me Hear You Scream." Expect it to be an over-the-top spectacle: the clip, replete with fake blood and giant injectable needles, was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the Swedish filmmaker who helmed Lady Gaga's epic "Telephone" mini-movie. Check out an exclusive teaser for the video above.

Osbourne is gearing up for a busy year-and-a-half. To promote Scream, he'll hit the road for a six-date run on Ozzfest before embarking on an 18-month world tour, his longest ever. Later this year, Osbourne will release reissues of his first two solo albums — 1980's Blizzard of Ozz and 1981's Diary of a Madman — followed by — no joke — a Christmas album titled Black Christmas.

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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