Ozzy Osbourne said he had a particular affection for ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’, the 1991 ballad from his album No More Tears. The song matters because it revealed a more reflective, vulnerable side to an artist chiefly associated with heavy metal excess and helped cement the album’s broad appeal.

Osbourne explained that Lemmy Kilmister wrote the lyrics after Osbourne told him what he wanted to express, giving the song a personal connection despite Osbourne not being its lyricist. Released on No More Tears in September 1991, the track stood apart from the album’s heavier title song; the album reached the US top ten and sold more than four million copies there.