Wherever I May Roam
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| Single by Metallica from the album Metallica |
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| B-side | Fade to Black (live)/Wherever I May Roam (Demo) Last Caress/Am I Evil?/Battery (live) |
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| Released | 1992 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1991 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 6:47 | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
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| Producer | Bob Rock | ||||
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"Wherever I May Roam" is the fifth track on the album Metallica released in 1991 by the heavy metal band Metallica.
[edit] Music
The song starts with an electric sitar playing the main riff of the song, before the drums and electric guitars come in. In addition to the use of a sitar, the loud "crack" heard at 0:30 in the song (and then repeatedly throughout the intro) is bassist Jason Newsted playing a 12-string electric bass, as mentioned by the bassist on the Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album DVD.
The song intro has a middle-eastern style to it, enhanced by the use of the sitar and Kirk Hammett's solo being written in the Phrygian dominant scale.
The song is performed frequently during the band's live concerts, and was played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen) on the album S&M.
[edit] In other media
- In the PC game Warcraft 3, the Bandit unit quotes this song, saying "Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will." and the Beastmaster hero says, "Where I lay my head is home. See that rock? That's my pillow."
- Koopsta Knicca, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, used some instrumental parts of this song for his song "Torture Chamber" from the album Da Devil's Playground.
- Mexican professional wrestler Juventud Guerrera used this song as his entrance music in ECW.
[edit] Track listing
- Wherever I May Roam
- Fade to Black (Live)
- Wherever I May Roam (Demo)
CD Single 2
- Wherever I May Roam
- Last Caress/Am I Evil?/Battery (Live)
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