Song · Megadeth
“Trust” by Megadeth
From the album Cryptic Writings (1997)
“Trust” by Megadeth appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1997 and 2002. It was first released in 1997 on the album Cryptic Writings. Its best result is #3 on the WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 hard rock song of 1997, #870 hard rock song of all time and #5 of the '90s.
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"Trust" arrived in May 1997 from Megadeth's seventh studio album, Cryptic Writings, and it's Dave Mustaine writing about relationships wrecked by lies on both sides, set to a chorus big enough for radio and MTV. Mustaine and Marty Friedman wrote the music, Mustaine the words; Dann Huff produced with Mustaine as co-producer, Jeff Balding recorded and mixed, and David Ellefson and Nick Menza lock the rhythm down.
It reached number 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, still the band's biggest single, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1998. There is also a version with the chorus sung in Spanish, first a bonus on the Latin American edition, and an instrumental cut for ECW wrestler Jerry Lynn.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
| 1997 | 3 | WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 708 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 536 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 251 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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