Better than You (Metallica song)
| "Better Than You" | ||||
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| Single by Metallica | ||||
| from the album ReLoad | ||||
| Released | July 16, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 5:21 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Rock | |||
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"Better Than You" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the fifth track on their seventh album, ReLoad. The song was originally titled "Better". It won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, it was the band's fourth award in that category.[1] The song refers to the story of someone with an obsession to fight to be better than another.[2] The band performed a jam of the song for the first time in London in 1995.[3] The single cover features the same picture as the cover of Metallica's Cunning Stunts as well as on the final page of Reload.
Track listing
1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1149-2)[4]
- Better than You - 4:45
1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1165-2)[5]
- Better than You (edit) - 4:44
Personnel
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
- Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals
- Lars Ulrich – drums, producer
- Bob Rock - producer
References
- ↑ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Better Than You". encycmet.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ "BETTER THAN YOU". 4horsemensite.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ "Better Than you CD-promo 1". encycmet.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ "Better Than you CD-promo 2". encycmet.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
