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“Der Hund von Baskerville” is a German cover version of the Black Sabbath song “Paranoid,” released in 1971 and performed by the pop duo Cindy & Bert (Jutta and Norbert Berger). The track appeared as the B-side of the single “Holly Holy.” Musically, the song is based on the distinctive hard rock riff of the original, combined with German vocals and studio instrumentation typical of pop productions of the time, including a striking organ motif.

The lyrics take up motifs from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and set the action in a gloomy moorland landscape, where fear and menace from a mysterious hound take center stage. Upon its release, the title received little attention, but later achieved cult status as an unusual example of the transfer of a heavy metal song into the German Schlager context and was re-released several times in later years.