| "Bleeding Me" | ||||
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| Promotional singlebyMetallica | ||||
| from the album Load | ||||
| Released | March 11, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May 1, 1995 – February 1, 1996 | |||
| Studio | The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 8:18 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Lyricist(s) | James Hetfield | |||
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"Bleeding Me" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album, Load. Although never commercially released as a single, a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.[1]
"Bleeding Me" is featured on S&M (1999) along with three other songs from Load.[2]
Like many songs on Load, "Bleeding Me" features some of the most personal lyrics James Hetfield has ever written about.[3] In a 2001 interview with Playboy, he explained the meaning of the song:
"Around the time of Load, I felt I wanted to stop drinking. "Maybe I'm missing out on something. Everyone else seems so happy all the time. I want to get happy." I'd plan my life around a hangover: "The Misfits are playing in town Friday night, so Saturday is hangover day." I lost a lot of days in my life. Going to therapy for a year, I learned a lot about myself. There's a lot of things that scar you when you're growing up, you don't know why. The song Bleeding Me is about that: I was trying to bleed out all bad, get the evil out. While I was going through therapy, I discovered some ugly stuff in there. A dark spot."[4]
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5][6]
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| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[1] | 6 |
| US Active Rock (Billboard)[9] | 2 |
| US Heritage Rock (Billboard)[10] | 15 |
