Until It Sleeps
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| Single by Metallica from the album Load |
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| B-side | 2 X 4 (live)/F.O.B.D. Kill/Ride Medley (live)/Until it Sleeps (Herman Melville Mix) |
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| Released | May 21, 1996 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 4:30 | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
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| Producer | Bob Rock James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
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Until It Sleeps is the 4th song from Metallica's 1996 album Load, and is written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
The song was an instant radio hit and predominantly marked Metallica's further departure from their previous thrash metal stylings into the realm of more alternative rock and bluesy music. The song was also performed with orchestral accompaniment during S&M. It was the band's first #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts, as well as their first and only song to hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #10.
An early demo version of this song was entitled "Fell on Black Days", because the demo reminded the band members of the Soundgarden song of the same title[1].
The 10" vinyl version of the single is red in color.
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[edit] Track Listing
CD Single 1
- Until It Sleeps
- 2 X 4 (Live)
- F.O.B.D. (aka Until It Sleeps - Early 'Writing In Progress' Version)
CD Single 2
- Until It Sleeps
- Kill / Ride Medley (Live)
- Until It Sleeps (Herman Melville Mix)
[edit] Theme
The song itself is about cancer and how it killed both of Hetfield's parents. Being of the Christian Science faith, neither of them sought medical treatment. Believing that faith and God alone would heal them, both of Hetfield's parents succumbed to the disease. [2]
[edit] Video
The song also has a video directed by Samuel Bayer. It was shot in various locations around Los Angeles on May 6th and 7th in '96. It was premiered by MTV on May 23rd. The video depicts surreal concepts dealing with fall of the human. The concept of the video was taken from various paintings by Hieronymous Bosch. Apart from the general forms inspired from Bosch's paintings, the prominent figures in the video are the human eating monster from The Garden of Earthly Delights, the fall of Adam and Eve from Haywain and Christ in the Crucifige Eum (Crucify Him) scene of Ecce Homo.
[edit] Awards
The video of the song won the MTV Video Music Award for The Best Rock Video in 1996.
[edit] Chart Positions
| Year | US Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Main. Rock | Album |
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| 1996 | 10 | 27 | 1 | Load |
[edit] References
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_on_Black_Days
- ^ METALLICA - Encyclopedia Metallica - Song Info - Until It Sleeps
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