Master of Puppets (song)
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| Single by Metallica | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Master of Puppets | |||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (7") | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | July 2, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Recorded | 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
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| Genre | Thrash metal | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 8:36 | ||||||||||||||||
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"Master of Puppets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in France only on July 2, 1986 as the only single from the band's 1986 studio album of the same name. It was also issued as a promo single in the US by Elektra Records.
The song was recorded during October–December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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 (...And Justice for All) albums. "Master of Puppets" is also notable for its extensive use of downpicking and long instrumental section, beginning at 3:34.
The song, as lead singer James Hetfield explained, "deals pretty much with drugs. 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 quoted when the album was released. Although initially not commercially successful, the song is one of the band's most famous and popular songs, frequently played at concerts.
The videos Cliff 'Em All and S&M include live performances of "Master of Puppets" in its entirety. A shortened form appears in Cunning Stunts. Both versions can be seen in the video portions of the Live Shit: Binge & Purge box set.
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