“ Bleeding Me ” (from the English - “ Bleeding Me ”) is the song of Metallica from the album Load .
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| Single Metallica from the album Load | ||||
| Side B | Bleeding me (radio edit) | |||
| Released | March 11, 1997 | |||
| Format | promotion single | |||
| Recorded by | May 1, 1995 - February 1, 1996 | |||
| Genre | heavy metal | |||
| Duration | 8:18 | |||
| Producer | Bob Rock , James Hetfield , Lars Ulrich | |||
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| Songwriter | Kirk Hammett , James Hetfield , Lars Ulrich | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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The song was never released as a commercial single , however, as a promotional single , it was launched into the rotation of radio stations in early 1997. That year, the song rose to sixth position on the Mainstream Rock chart [1] . The radio version of the song lasted about six minutes, some instrumental passages were removed, and the song itself ended with a guitar solo.
The song has appeared in the band’s concert programs since 1996, including on the S&M album, recorded with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Content
Subject and Interpretation
There are different opinions about the meaning of the song. Most of them relate to the fight against addiction , but former Metallica bassist Jason Newstead believed the text was about a person who was subjected to psychological torture .
Text writer James Hetfield explained the meaning of the song in an interview with Playboy magazine , given in 2001 :
While we were recording Load , I felt like I was going to stop drinking. “Maybe I'm missing something. Everyone else seems so happy. I also want to be happy. " I planned my life based on when there will be a hangover : “„ Misfits “perform on Friday night, then Saturday is busy with a hangover.” I spent many days. A year visiting the procedure, I learned a lot about myself. There are many things that hurt you when you grow, no one knows why. “Bleeding Me” is about this: I tried with blood to release all the bad, remove the evil. When I went to therapy, I found unpleasant things there. Dark spot.
Original textAround 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.- [2]
In an interview with Kerrang! Hetfield spoke about his thoughts about the relationship of the rest of the group to him and his lyrics: “How could I find out if the rest of the guys feel my lyrics the same way I do? I could sing “Bleeding Me” with tears in my eyes, and they could not care ”( Eng. “ How did I know whether the rest of the guys in the band felt as much about the lyrics as I did? I could be singing 'Bleeding Me' with a tear in my eye and the rest of the guys might not have cared ". ).
Demo
The demo of the song was also called “Bleeding Me” and was an instrumental composition recorded by Hetfield and Ulrich on April 7, 1995 in Ulrich's home music studio “Dungeon”.
List of Songs
- “Bleeding Me (Edited version)” - 5:57
- “Bleeding Me (Full version)” - 8:18
Notes
- ↑ Load - Metallica | Awards Allmusic . Date of treatment July 18, 2013. Archived on September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Playboy interview: Metallica . Playboy (April 2001). Date of treatment July 18, 2013. (unavailable link)