The Unforgiven (song)

"The Unforgiven"
Single by Metallica
from the album Metallica
B-side	"Killing Time" "So What?" "The Unforgiven" (demo)
Released	October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
Recorded	October 1990
Studio	One on One, Los Angeles
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	6:27
Label	Elektra
Composer(s)	James Hetfield Kirk Hammett Lars Ulrich
Lyricist(s)	James Hetfield
Producer(s)	Bob Rock James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Metallica singles chronology
"Enter Sandman" (1991) "The Unforgiven" (1991) "Nothing Else Matters" (1992)
Music video
"The Unforgiven" on YouTube

"The Unforgiven" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second single from their eponymous fifth album Metallica (also known as The Black Album). The song deals with the theme of the struggle of the individual against the efforts of those who would subjugate him.^[1]

The song has since spawned two sequels, in the form of "The Unforgiven II", from the album Reload, and "The Unforgiven III", from the album Death Magnetic.