MUMBAI: US music and lifestyle channel VH1 has announced that Black Sabbath's song Iron Man reigns as the number one song in the definitive metal count down 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

The initiative 40 Greatest Metal Songs recently concluded airing on the channel. It showcased the 40 most notable metal songs of all time in four half hour episodes.

What was also unique was the fact that heavy metal band Anthrax singer Scott Ian wrote and recorded the show's original theme music, which is a first in VH1 history. Never before had an artist written and recorded the music for a VH1 show that they also appeared in.

The second song on the list is Guns N Roses' Welcome To The Jungle. AC/DC's Back in Black and Metallica's Master of Puppets also feature in this list.