No Leaf Clover
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| Single by Metallica from the album S&M |
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| B-side | One (S&M version)/Enter Sandman (S&M version) | ||||
| Released | September 22, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | April 21-22, 1999 Berkeley Community Theatre Berkeley, California |
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| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 5:43 | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
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| Producer | Metallica | ||||
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"No Leaf Clover" is the eighth song on Metallica's S&M album. The song (along with −Human) was one of two new pieces completed for the band's collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony in 1999. It begins with an intro section played by the orchestra, before entering into a clean guitar part by James Hetfield. The rest of the piece alternates between clean verses and choruses backed by heavily distorted guitars. It was the band's fourth #1 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, one of many the band has achieved on this chart.
"No Leaf Clover" consists of many riffs which Hetfield had created over the years but never used. It wasn't until Michael Kamen approached the band about the album that James completed it.
The term "no leaf clover" is a play on the four leaf clover, which is said to bring good luck. Conversely, Hetfield's lyrics speak of nearly reaching a goal, only to be confronted with another problem:
"Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way"
Despite being completed especially for the S&M concert, the band adapted the song to be played without an orchestra using a taped intro section. It was performed without an orchestra for the first time on December 28, 1999 during the kick off of the "M2K Minitour" at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
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[edit] Single track listing
[edit] Australian version
All songs written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, except where noted.
- "No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:43
- "One" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 7:53
- "Enter Sandman" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 7:39
All tracks are from S&M album
[edit] UK version #1
- "No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:43
- "No Leaf Clover" (Slice & Dice Video)
- S&M Documentary Part 1
[edit] UK version #2
- "No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:43
- Photo Gallery
- S&M Documentary Part 2
[edit] UK version #3
- "No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:43
- Metallica Screensaver
- S&M Documentary Part 3
[edit] References
http://www.encycmet.com/songs/sonoleaf.shtml
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