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"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and lead single from their self-titled fifth album, released in 1991.The music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. 1991 studio album by Metallica Metallica Studio album by Metallica Released August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12) Recorded October 6, 1990 – June 16, 1991 Studio One on One, Los Angeles Genre Heavy metal Length 62: 40 Label Elektra Producer James Hetfield Bob Rock Lars Ulrich Metallica ...
Metallica covered the song as their contribution to the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary. This cover version was later used as a B-side of their "Enter Sandman" single and subsequently won a Grammy Award; it also appeared on their covers/B-sides album Garage Inc.
The recording was released as a single and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. [4] "Go to Hell" appeared on the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack in 1991. [5] The song features the same prayer, "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep", used in "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, and can be heard at the beginning of the track. [6]
The pop-R&B singer infused the metal band's "Enter Sandman" with her signature Nineties-pop flair. Earlier this month, Weezer tackled the song as well. The British rock band IDLES also released a…
Metallica has received nine Grammy Awards; seven were for Best Metal Performance in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2024. The song "Enter Sandman" has been particularly successful for the band; it was nominated for Best Rock Song at the Grammy Awards, and it won Best Metal Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992.
These are songs about destroying things, head banging, bleeding for the crowd, whatever it is, as long as it wasn't about chicks and fast cars, even though that's what we liked. The song was about a girlfriend at the time. It turned out to be a pretty big song." [4] It was one of four demo songs recorded by the band on August 13, 1990. [4]
Wilson Phillips (pictured) had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Hold On" at number one and "Release Me" at number 19. Janet Jackson (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1990. Phil Collins (pictured) had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1990 ...