St. Anger (song)

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"St. Anger"

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Single by Metallica
from the album St. Anger

B-side

Commando/Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World/St. Anger (Radio Edit)
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue/Cretin Hop/St Anger (Music Video)
We're a Happy Family

Released

May 27, 2003

Format

CD single

Recorded

May, 2002-April, 2003

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

7:21

Label

Elektra Records

Writer

Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Bob Rock, Lars Ulrich

Producer

Bob Rock

Metallica singles chronology

"I Disappear"
(2000)

"St. Anger"
(2003)

"Frantic"
(2003)

"St. Anger" was the first single from Metallica's 8th studio album with the same name. It won a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance".

Lyrically, the song deals with controlling anger and channeling it into positive energy. Interestingly, the lines "Fuck it all, fucking no regrets; I hit the lights on these dark sets" are loosely recycled from the song "Damage, Inc." (from the Master of Puppets album) and also reference "Hit The Lights", the opening track for their debut album Kill 'Em All.

The "St. Anger" video, directed by The Malloys, was shot in San Quentin State Prison, California. The band played at various locations in the area to hundreds of enthusiastic inmates. It is also the first Metallica video to feature bassist Robert Trujillo who joined just prior to filming. This song was used as the theme for WWE's SummerSlam in 2003 (the music video was included in the pay-per-view DVD).

The song was also nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in 2003, but lost to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong".

[edit] Track listings

CD Single 1

St. Anger
Commando (Ramones cover)
Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)
St. Anger (Radio Edit)

CD Single 2

St. Anger
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Ramones cover)
Cretin Hop (Ramones cover)
St. Anger - Music Video

12" Vinyl

St. Anger
We're a Happy Family (Ramones cover)

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