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“Hero of the Day (live)” by Metallica
From the album Load (1996)
“Hero of the Day (live)” by Metallica appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2000. It was first released in 1996 on the album Load. Its best result is #46 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #126 alternative song of 1999.
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"Hero of the Day" comes from Load, Metallica's sixth studio album, released in 1996, and it catches the band somewhere they rarely go: it's one of the few Metallica songs written mainly in a major key, and it carries a wistful ache that the heavy sound only deepens. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett wrote the music, Hetfield wrote the words, and Bob Rock produced it alongside Hetfield and Ulrich. The band cut it on December 13, 1995, at Plant Studios in Sausalito, California.
Elektra released it as the album's second single, and it handed Metallica a second straight number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single came with a gift for the faithful: four Motörhead covers, played live to two-track at the Plant during a rehearsal for Lemmy's 50th birthday party at the Whisky a Go Go.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 46 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 49 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 2000 | 47 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
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