Hardwired (Metallica song)

"Hardwired"
Single by Metallica
from the album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
ReleasedAugust 18, 2016
RecordedJune 2016
StudioMetallica's HQ (San Rafael)
GenreThrash metal
Length3:11
LabelBlackened
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)James Hetfield
Producer(s)Greg Fidelman
Metallica singles chronology
"Lords of Summer"
(2014)
"Hardwired"
(2016)
"Moth into Flame"
(2016)

"Hardwired" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the lead single from their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016), on August 18, 2016, as a download.[1][2] The song was first played live near the end of the band's show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on August 20, 2016.[3] The song received a nomination for Best Rock Song at the 2017 Grammy Awards.[4]

  1. ^ "Hardwired…To Self-Destruct Available November 18, 2016". Metallica. August 18, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "METALLICA To Release 'Hardwired…To Self-Destruct' Album In November". Blabbermouth.net. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Metallica turns it up to 11 in sold-out U.S. Bank Stadium show". StarTribune.com. August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Grammys 2017: The Full Nominations List". Pitchfork. December 6, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.