Best Ronnie James Dio Songs

A Metal-Masterpiece in every sense of the word. This song combines several elements found in nearly all metal tracks to date, and even in some non-metal songs. His voice is so powerful he can level mountains. Not only the best performance in Dio's career but perhaps one of the genres' best songs ever created.

This must be the greatest song ever written by rainbow, at the time there was a whole new mood of young teenage rockers following the legendary Ritchie Blackmore following his departure from Deep Purple, this new wave rock band continued to chage it's line up from proberbly the most successful album to RJD leaving after the much awaited Long Live Rock & Roll album.

This might actually be the first list I see that makes perfect sence. I know that a lot of it is personal preference when it comes to music. But this song is amazing. It is so epic the power in Dios voice really hits you when he sings "Now where do we gooo". Every time I listen to this song I have to turn up the volume just for the epicness of this song. Stargazer is perfect.

I completely agree with the top five, just not with the order, but I suppose its all just personal preference though.
Got to be honest though, his voice is probably my favourite out of any rock singer, and this song and the lyrics are the reason

I like how the slow to fast rhythum in this, emphasises the entitlement of this song Heaven and Hell, from one to the next. It's masterfully composed, and Ron's vocals add the finishing fundamental touch.

Hard rock doesn't get any better than Heaven and Hell (song and album). Take all of RDJ and you have a top five catalog in the history music. Just flat out powerful!

the shift in the slow solo to the fast solo is the best part of the song... never get bored of it! also has wonderful meaning..

Black Sabbath UNLEASHED... Dio @ his best and awesome solos and super hard riffs... Just love this song... Tony is just superb

First Dio song I ever heard-- in high school on cassette in parking lot in back of friend's car during lunch august of 1983...I have never been the same since.

1. Holy Diver - Dio
2. Stargazer - Rainbow
3. Rainbow In The Dark - Dio
4. Don't Talk To Strangers - Dio
5. Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath (I like Dio, and I like Black Sabbath alot, but not as much together. Still pretty good though. )

Beautiful song. Dio does it great. I love how it starts of slowly then it start to REALLY rock. His style is absolutely incredible. When the guitar solo comes, I imagine Dio riding a tiger. Crazy good song.

Great song, Ronnie did a great job with this song.

We love you and We miss you, Ronnie :(

Rock on

Vocals, lyrics and the keyboard riff. Rainbow in the Dark is an epitome of a hard rock/heavy metal track with such obscure yet beautiful lyrics.

Rainbow in the dark is the BEST song ever it was a big hit for ronnie james dio by the way RIP Dio you will be in our hearts forever

Maybe I'm just voting in this because of nostalgia, but the fact remains that this was the first song by Dio I ever heard, and quite frankly it still tops my list. RIP RJD m/

No.4? What? This is the best Dio song ever! No words are good enough for this song. Masterpiece.

The best, as so many are of Dio/early Rainbow songs were
Cutting edge, and as usual, Blackmore started that style of rock, and Ronnie was the perfect fit, and he put Ronnie on the "map" to be seen...

Just listen to it and you'll understand completely why this is my choice.

Still one of the best ever made.

A stand out track.

Great track from rainbow rising awesome vocals by ronnie james dio

Greatest "home" ever sung...NEVER gets old. Like a shot of adrenaline right in your heart. Viv and vinny at their best.

No, no, Either this one or Rainbow in The Dark should be #1, MAYBE children of The sea, not some Rainbow song boi

After Heaven and Hell this is the next best song!

So Good, Can't stop Listening to this song!

Amazing song. But the first time I heard this song my big brother was playing it, and he passed away nearly fourteen years ago. That might weigh heavily on my opinion.

Its totally a kick ass song. love the vocals of ronnie I guess this is one of Black Sabbath's epic rock song

Great song on an epic album. Lady Evil should be here as well...

First song they wrote together when RJD joined... Still the best!

Ronnie James Dio is the greatest rock singer that has ever lived on the planet earth since the beginning of time... Plain and simple... And for some one to be better then him your above god... When he passed I cryed badly... I have all his cd's and movie's of him... He is a legend... If life lasts another million years how will he ever be beaten...

The vocals in this song were unbelievably beautiful. So high at the beginning, yet so powerful towards the end.

Dio at his best

Appeared on the last dio album that went Gold in the states.

Great performance on this fun track. From the Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast concept album, and later on Deep Purple's live at the royal albert hall. Was well received in the Netherlands and Australia.

Just beautiful!

Dio at his absolute best with Sabbath. Awesome tempo and it really deserves to be up there in the top ten along with We Rock and Stand Up and Shout

Another that I am shocked it is not here. Great song to open up Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath's second best album, behind Paranoid of course.

This one is legendary. That's all I can say.

This song kicks absolute ass.

"fade away, fade away, vanish into smoke, fade away, fade away, break the crystal ball" a really heavy song by black Sabbath. It's so beautiful. Deserves to be at least the second best Dio song.

Iommi's beautiful acoustic intro followed by a bad-ass riff and Dio's amazing voice and fantastical lyrics at their best. The dichotomy between gentle and powerful both musically and vocally make this a very special song.

Wonderful melody, Ronnie sings so good.. love this song

The word 'magical' describes best this tune.

A stand out track.

Love this song... Similar concept to "too late" from dehumanizer... Which I also loved. Bible Black trumps it!

One of heaviest Dio songs, worse than Stargazer, but still one of the best!

Song to be listened closely by all religious extremists

Song Comes in mind when I hear News about is and that

I LOVE this song, it's one of my favorite Ronnie James Dio songs, I listen to it almost all the time.

Rock on, Ronnie, We miss you :(

How the hell is this not on the list? Brilliant opener to Holy Diver!

From the holy diver album