Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett's solos for " Fade to Black" and " One" ranked significantly higher on the same list. The readers of Guitar World voted the song as ranking at number 51 among the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. The song also ranked number 1 on a 100 Greatest Riffs poll conducted by Total Guitar magazine. The author derived the final rankings from a database tallying almost 18,000 votes. Popoff composed the book by requesting that metal fans, musicians, and journalists nominate their favorite heavy metal songs. Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time ranked the song at number 2. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 22 in its 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks list. VH1 ranked the song as the third greatest heavy metal song ever.
As of November 8, 2021, the song has been performed 1,687 times. "Master of Puppets" is the band's most played song, first played on December 31, 1985, at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a crowd of 7,000. Both versions can be seen in the video portions of the Live Shit: Binge & Purge box set. A shortened form appears in Cunning Stunts. The videos Cliff 'Em All, S&M and S&M2 include live performances of "Master of Puppets" in its entirety. The song is one of the band's most famous and popular songs, frequently played at concerts. How things get switched around, instead of you controlling what you're taking and doing, it's drugs controlling you." The song was bassist Cliff Burton's favorite song on the album, as he said when the album was released. The song, as lead singer James Hetfield explained, "deals pretty much with drugs. "Master of Puppets" is also notable for its extensive use of downpicking and long instrumental section, beginning at 3:34. It is the second and title track of the album, preceded by a shorter, high-speed typical thrash metal track, "Battery", a similar sequencing heard on Metallica's second ( Ride the Lightning) and fourth (.
The song was recorded during October–December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also issued as a promo single in the US by Elektra Records. It was released on July 2, 1986, as the only single from the band's 1986 studio album of the same name. " Master of Puppets" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica.
1986 single by Metallica "Master of Puppets"
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