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And went a long way in establishing Tony’s penchant for rock and roll accompanied entrances. However, since being used in the first Iron Man teaser at 2007’s Comic-Con, the character and the song have become irrevocably linked. “Iron Man” is a song written and performed by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, which was released on their 1970 album Paranoid. Despite its title, and distorted vocals at the beginning saying “I am Iron Man,” the song had no original connection to Tony Stark/Iron Man. Had he not uttered “I am Iron Man” at the end of that first film, and near the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019), the MCU would not be what it is today.
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Downey went on to reprise his role in two Iron Man sequels and various spinoffs including Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and every Avengers film thus far. Following Robert Downey Jr.’s debut as Tony Stark in 2008’s Iron Man, the billionaire, playboy, philanthropist became the unofficial pioneer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to Jeremy Latcham, the former SVP of Production and Development at Marvel Studios, some executives didn’t want to pay for the Black Sabbath’s iconic song in Iron Man.