Until It Sleeps

"Until It Sleeps"
"Until It Sleeps"
Single by Metallica
from the album Load
B-side	"2 X 4" (live); "F.O.B.D." (demo); "Kill/Ride Medley" (live); "Until It Sleeps" (Herman Melville Mix); "Overkill" (live);
Released	May 20, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:30
Label	Elektra; Vertigo;
Composer(s)	James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich;
Lyricist(s)	James Hetfield
Producer(s)	Bob Rock; James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich;
Metallica singles chronology
Music video
	"Until It Sleeps" on YouTube

"Until It Sleeps" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on May 20, 1996, as the lead single from their sixth studio album Load. "Until It Sleeps" reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 making it Metallica's highest charting single and only top ten hit in the United States. The song was also their first number-one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaked in the top five in the United Kingdom, and reached number-one in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and Sweden. The song's music video, directed by Samuel Bayer and inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, won the Best Hard Rock Video award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.

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