Jump in the Fire

"Jump in the Fire"
Single by Metallica
from the album Kill 'Em All
B-side	"Phantom Lord" (Live) "Seek & Destroy" (Live)
Released	January 20, 1984[1]
Recorded	May 10–27, 1983 at Music America Studios, Rochester, New York
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	4:40
Label	Megaforce
Songwriter(s)	Dave Mustaine James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer(s)	Paul Curcio Johny Zazula
Metallica singles chronology
"Whiplash" (1983) "Jump in the Fire" (1984) "Fade to Black" (1984)
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"Jump in the Fire" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second and final single from their debut album, Kill 'Em All. The single was accompanied by fake live performances of "Phantom Lord" and "Seek & Destroy" which were alternate studio recordings with sounds of a crowd overdubbed in.

"Jump in the Fire" is one of Metallica's earliest recorded songs, having been included on Ron McGovney's '82 Garage demo, an unreleased recording. The original lyrics and content, which dealt with sex, were written by Dave Mustaine in his former band Panic at the age of 16. The original version that Mustaine introduced to Hetfield and Ulrich upon joining Metallica was raw. The three worked together on refining the song and the outcome is what is heard on the demo. However, much like the events surrounding "The Four Horsemen", new lyrics were written by James Hetfield upon Mustaine's departure from Metallica. The new lyrics revolve around people being damned to Hell and therefore "jumping in the fire." Lars Ulrich claims that they had written the song to sound like "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden, which was popular at the time.^{[2] [better source needed]} Current live performances since 2004 are in D standard tuning, as opposed to the E standard tuning of earlier live performances.