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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. Vocalist and guitarist Hetfield wrote the lyrics, which deal with the concept of a child's nightmares.
"Mr. Sandman" (or "Mister Sandman") is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by Vaughn Monroe & his orchestra and later that year by The Chordettes and the Four Aces .
Although more blues-based than Morphine, Treat Her Right sowed the seeds of Sandman's later sound with its unusual instrumentation (Sandman's guitar with Treat Her Right was a three string custom model, making it sound more like a bass guitar) and slightly dark focus, most evident on the Sandman-penned songs. Sandman died of a heart attack ...
The sandman also appears as the main antagonist in the horror role-playing game The Sandman, the second installment of the Strange Man series by Uri. [19] In the game, the sandman is a fairy who suffers from insomnia and so decides to put the whole world to sleep. Completing the game unlocks an extra story where the sandman is a playable character.
Mark Sandman (September 24, 1952 – July 3, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer. Sandman possessed a distinctive, deep bass-baritone voice and a mysterious demeanour.
"Heatwave" begins to play and Cindy Lou, Betty Jean, and Missy appear to sing it. Noticeably missing is Suzy. When she finally enters, the audience discovers that she is pregnant. After the song, a brief reintroduction is made and the girls sing "Mr. Sandman" in tribute to their prom performance.
Like many of Orbison's songs, "In Dreams" rejects the typical song structure of rock music. [11] It begins like a lullaby with minimal acoustic guitar strums, with Orbison introducing the listener to "a candy-colored clown they call the sandman" half-spoken and half-sung in a Sprechgesang fashion. [6]
The theme song in Finland was: Nukkumatti, nukkumatti lasten, illoin kulkee, heittää unihiekkaa. Päivän leikit aika lopettaa on, kun TV:n iltasatu alkaa. Satu päättyi näin ja lapset käyvät jo nukkumaan, siis hyvää yötä. In English, this means: Sandman, the children's own Sandman, makes his rounds at night, sprinkling dream sand.