Until It Sleeps
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| Single by Metallica | ||
| from the album Load | ||
| Released | May 21, 1996 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Hard Rock, Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 4: 30 | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich | |
| Metallica singles chronology | ||
| Sad But True | Until it Sleeps | King Nothing |
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.
An early demo version of this song was entitled "Fell on Black Days", but was changed because Soundgarden had a song of the same name.[citation needed]
[edit] Track Listing
CD Single 1
- Until It Sleeps
- 2x4 (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 would heal them, both of Hetfield's parents succumbed to the disease. [1]
[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 23th. 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.
| Metallica |
| Members |
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| James Hetfield - Kirk Hammett - Robert Trujillo - Lars Ulrich |
| Former members: Cliff Burton - Dave Mustaine - Ron McGovney - Jason Newsted |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: No Life 'Til Leather - Kill 'Em All - Ride the Lightning - Master of Puppets - Garage Days Re-Revisited - ...And Justice for All - Metallica - Load - ReLoad - Garage Inc. - S&M - St. Anger - Some Kind of Monster - Ninth studio album |
| Videography |
| DVDs and videos: Cliff 'em All - 2 of One - A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Cunning Stunts - S&M - Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album - Some Kind of Monster - The Videos 1989-2004 |
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