Bleeding Me
"Bleeding Me" | ||||
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Promotional single by Metallica | ||||
from the album Load | ||||
Released | March 11, 1997 | |||
Recorded | May 1, 1995 – February 1, 1996 | |||
Studio | The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 8:18 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Composer(s) |
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Lyricist(s) | James Hetfield | |||
Producer(s) |
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Metallica singles chronology | ||||
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"Bleeding Me" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album, Load. Although never commercially released as a single, a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.[1]
"Bleeding Me" is featured on S&M (1999) along with three other songs from Load.[2]
Lyrics
Like many songs on Load, "Bleeding Me" features some of the most personal lyrics James Hetfield has ever written about.[3] In a 2001 interview with Playboy, he explained the meaning of the song:
"Around the time of Load, I felt I wanted to stop drinking. "Maybe I'm missing out on something. Everyone else seems so happy all the time. I want to get happy." I'd plan my life around a hangover: "The Misfits are playing in town Friday night, so Saturday is hangover day." I lost a lot of days in my life. Going to therapy for a year, I learned a lot about myself. There's a lot of things that scar you when you're growing up, you don't know why. The song Bleeding Me is about that: I was trying to bleed out all bad, get the evil out. While I was going through therapy, I discovered some ugly stuff in there. A dark spot."[4]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5][6]
Metallica
- James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead and rhythm guitar[7][8]
- Jason Newsted – bass
- Lars Ulrich – drums
Production
- Bob Rock – production
- Brian Dobbs – engineering, mixing
- Randy Staub – engineering, mixing
- Jason Goldstein – assistant engineering
- Kent Matcke – assistant engineering
- Mike Fraser – mixing
- Matt Curry – mixing assistant
- Mike Rew – mixing assistant
- George Marino – mastering
- Paul DeCarli – digital editing
- Mike Gillies – digital editing assistant
- Chris Vrenna – digital editing assistant
- Satori – cover design
- Ross Halfin – photography
Track listing
- "Bleeding Me" (Radio Edit) – 5:57
- "Bleeding Me" – 8:18
Weekly charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[1] | 6 |
US Active Rock (Billboard)[9] | 2 |
US Heritage Rock (Billboard)[10] | 15 |
References
- ^ a b "MAINSTREAM ROCK AIRPLAY". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999". Louder Sound. Metal Hammer. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "10 Most Underrated METALLICA Songs". Metal Injection. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "13 METALLICA Songs That Deserve More Recognition". Loaded Radio. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Load liner notes. Vertigo Records. 1996.
- ^ "Liner notes". Metallica official website. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "20 Years of Blood, Semen & Haircuts: A Conversation about Load". metallica.com. June 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "From the Archive: Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Discuss Their 1996 Album, 'Load'". November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "ACTIVE ROCK". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "HERITAGE ROCK". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
External links
- "Bleeding Me" at Discogs
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