Enter Sandman

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"Enter Sandman" is a 1991 heavy metal song by Metallica, famous for its dark, nightmarish lyrics and iconic guitar riff that helped propel the band to mainstream success.

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Enter Sandman canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
albumType studio album
artist Metallica
award MTV Video Music Award for Best Hard Rock Video
bassist Jason Newsted
bSide Stone Cold Crazy
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 5
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 16
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 10
composer James Hetfield
Kirk Hammett
Lars Ulrich
countryOfOrigin United States
drummer Lars Ulrich
featuresGuitarRiffBy Kirk Hammett
followedBySingle The Unforgiven
genre hard rock
heavy metal
hasLiveStapleStatusFor Metallica
hasMainInstrument drums
electric guitar
hasMusicVideo Enter Sandman music video
hasNotableFeature clean guitar intro building into heavy riff
lullaby-style spoken section
helpedPropel Metallica mainstream success
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
language English
leadGuitarist Kirk Hammett
length 5:31
lyricist James Hetfield
musicVideoDirector Wayne Isham
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
openingTrackOf Metallica
partOfAlbum Metallica
performer Metallica
precededBySingle One
producer Bob Rock
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
recordingPeriod 1990-10
1991-06
recordLabel Elektra Records
Vertigo Records
releaseDate 1991-07-29
theme childhood fears
nightmares
sleep
vocalist James Hetfield

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subject linked to: One
Lars Ulrich notableSongwritingContribution Enter Sandman
subject linked to: Lars Ulrich – drums
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