The Osbournes at 20: How the reality series changed TV forever

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But thanks to The Osbournes, he was introduced to a new generation who may not have clocked that the show’s theme tune was Ozzy’s own 1980 single “Crazy Train”, albeit covered in schmaltzy big band style by crooner Pat Boone. The song owed its existence and success to The Osbournes: it was a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Changes”, performed with his teenage daughter Kelly, who launched her own briefly successful music career off the back of the show. “I remember the night before aired my mum took us to Venice Beach, we went to go see the drum circle, and we were like: ‘Did we just make the biggest mistake we’ve ever made in our lives?’” she said. “I’ve been sober ever since, but it took a lot of self-work.” open image in gallery ‘Fame is torturous’: Kelly and Jack Osbourne pose with Paris Hilton at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards There was one member of the family who had the foresight to see quite how earth-shattering the experience might be: eldest sibling Aimee, then 18.