I Disappear
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| "I Disappear" | |||||
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| Single by Metallica from the album Mission Impossible II | |||||
| Released | 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 4:35 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich | ||||
| Producer | Bob Rock Metallica | ||||
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I Disappear is a song by the metal band Metallica. The song was recorded as a contribution to the Mission: Impossible II Soundtrack.
The discovery of the song in early 2000 on the P2P file-sharing network Napster helped bring the illegal sharing of mp3 files to the spotlight, leading to the massive lawsuits that eventually brought down the original incarnation of Napster.
The video to the song, directed by Wayne Isham, features the members from Metallica in scenes that reference other movies, James Hetfield is driving a car in a chase sequence resembling Bullitt, Kirk Hammett is on a desert being chased by a plane (North by Northwest), Jason Newsted is in a mansion struggling against hundreds of people that walk by him (Brazil), and Lars Ulrich jumps off a building (Die Hard).
This is Metallica's last studio release featuring bassist Jason Newsted, who left the following year. While Jason appeared in the video, producer Bob Rock in fact played the bass on the track itself.
A renewed version of this song was later released on the Metallica release "The Videos 1989-2004" with a more overdriven sound to the guitars and some sections redone.
