Signature
key confidence medium · relative G major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 61.5 · low end 44% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredApocalypticasource
- CoveredExecratesource
- CoveredGunsource
- CoveredHammerFallsource
- Written byJames Hetfieldsource
- Written byKirk Hammettsource
- Written byLars Ulrichsource
- CoveredLemmy & Zebraheadsource
- CoveredLeo Jiménezsource
- Coveredmoe.source
- CoveredMóveis Coloniais de Acajusource
- CoveredPat Boonesource
- CoveredRockipsource
- CoveredThe Smashing Pumpkinssource
- CoveredWeensource
Why it is here
- The song's 'wall of guitars' effect was achieved by James Hetfield recording three rhythm guitar tracks of the same riff, with the drums recorded in close to 50 takes using 40 to 50 microphones to simulate the sound of a live concert. source
- NASA CAPCOM B. Alvin Drew used the song to wake astronauts aboard the space shuttle mission STS-123, chosen for Mission Specialist Robert L. Behnken by his fiancée. source
- Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees routinely used the song as his entrance music, earning him the nickname "Sandman". source
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