No Leaf Clover
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| "No Leaf Clover" | ||
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| Single by Metallica | ||
| from the album S&M | ||
| Released | September 22, 1999 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 5:43 | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield | |
| Producer(s) | Metallica | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Metallica singles chronology | ||
| Nothing Else Matters '99 (2000) |
No Leaf Clover (2000) |
I Disappear (2000) |
"No Leaf Clover" is the eighth song on Metallica's S&M album. The song (along with Minus 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.
"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 metaphorically of believing you have almost reached your 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.
Contents |
[edit] Single track listing
[edit] Australian version
- "No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5:43
- "One" (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 7:53
- "Enter Sandman" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 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
