Bleeding Me
{{Short description|1997 promotional single by Metallica}}
{{for|the Godsmack song|IV (Godsmack album)}}
{{Infobox song|
| name = Bleeding Me
| cover = Metallica - Bleeding Me cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = Promotional single
| artist = Metallica
| album = Load
| released = March 11, 1997
| format =
| recorded = May 1, 1995{{snd}}February 1, 1996
| studio = The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 8:18
| label = Elektra
| composer = {{hlist|James Hetfield|Lars Ulrich|Kirk Hammett}}
| lyricist = James Hetfield
| producer = {{hlist|Bob Rock|James Hetfield|Lars Ulrich}}
| prev_title = King Nothing
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = The Memory Remains
| next_year = 1997
}}
"Bleeding Me" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album, Load. Although never commercially released as a single, a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
Lyrics
Like many songs on Load, "Bleeding Me" features some of the most personal lyrics James Hetfield has ever written about.{{cite web |title=10 Most Underrated METALLICA Songs |url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/10-most-underrated-metallica-songs/2 |website=Metal Injection |access-date=2 August 2023 |date=18 November 2016}} In a 2001 interview with Playboy, he explained the meaning of the song:
{{quote|"Around 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."{{cite web |title=13 METALLICA Songs That Deserve More Recognition |url=https://loadedradio.com/13-metallica-songs-that-deserve-more-recognition/ |website=Loaded Radio |access-date=2 August 2023 |date=4 August 2022}}}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite book|title=Load liner notes|year=1996|publisher=Vertigo Records}}{{cite web| title = Liner notes| publisher = Metallica official website| url = https://www.metallica.com/releases/albums/release-4214.html| access-date = December 21, 2020| archive-date = November 26, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201126012251/https://www.metallica.com/releases/albums/release-4214.html| url-status = live}}
Metallica
- James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
- Jason Newsted – bass
- Lars Ulrich – drums
Production
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- Bob Rock – production
- Brian Dobbs – engineering, mixing
- Randy Staub – engineering, mixing
- Jason Goldstein – assistant engineering
- Kent Matcke – assistant engineering
- Mike Fraser – mixing
- Matt Curry – mixing assistant
- Mike Rew – mixing assistant
- George Marino – mastering
- Paul DeCarli – digital editing
- Mike Gillies – digital editing assistant
- Chris Vrenna – digital editing assistant
- Satori – cover design
- Ross Halfin – photography
{{div col end}}
Track listing
- "Bleeding Me" (Radio Edit) – 5:57
- "Bleeding Me" – 8:18
Weekly charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock (Billboard){{cite magazine |title=MAINSTREAM ROCK AIRPLAY |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2 August 2023}}
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |
| scope="row"|US Active Rock (Billboard){{cite magazine |title=ACTIVE ROCK |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2 August 2023}}
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| scope="row"|US Heritage Rock (Billboard){{cite magazine |title=HERITAGE ROCK |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2 August 2023}}
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs release|855500|Bleeding Me|type=single}}
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Category:Songs written by James Hetfield
Category:Songs written by Kirk Hammett
Category:Songs written by Lars Ulrich
Category:Elektra Records singles