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From '' Gotta Roll ''
Label: Part Records ‎– TCY029
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 24 Jun 2016

Tracklist
01. Devil In Me
02. Rockabilly Radio
03. Gunning For The Dog
04. Cop Killer
05. Gotta Roll
06. Come Back Home
07. Dig Up Her Bones
08. Just Friends
09. Nothing Else Matters
10. Travelin' Man
11. El Camino Real
12. Bad Case Of Loving You
13. Scream Out My Name
14. Villain
15. Goodbye

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"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica.
It was released in 1992 as the third single from their self-titled fifth studio album, Metallica.
The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as top-ten positions on many European charts.

History

Lead singer and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich) in 1990 while he was on the phone with his then girlfriend.
Since he held the phone with one hand, he plucked the four open strings of a standard E-minor chord with the other, which eventually made up the first two bars of the song.
The lyrics, which talk about being "so close, no matter how far", were also dedicated to his girlfriend, indicating the bond they shared even when Hetfield was on tour.
Initially, the song was not meant to be released, as Hetfield had written it for himself, but after drummer Lars Ulrich heard it, it was considered for the album.

Demo

The song's demo was also called "Nothing Else Matters" and was recorded in Lars Ulrich's home musical studio "Dungeon" on August 13, 1990.

Composition

Its intro is an E minor arpeggio beginning with the open low E followed by the open G, B and high E strings.

It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield, not Kirk Hammett, plays the guitar solo.
Given that Hetfield recorded all rhythm and most harmony tracks on the band's first five albums and that Hammett has stated he didn't learn how to play the song until they were well into the tour for the album, Hammett does not play on the studio recording, making it one of the few in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with Cliff Burton's "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" and the band's cover of "The Ecstasy of Gold" in which he does not appear.

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (1992-93) / Peak position
Australia (ARIA) / 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) / 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM) / 41
France (SNEP) / 10
Germany (Official German Charts) / 9
Ireland (IRMA) / 3
Italy (FIMI) / 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) / 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) / 11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) / 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) / 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) / 6
US Billboard Hot 100 / 34
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) / 11

Chart (1999-2000) / Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) / 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) / 14

Chart (2007-10) / Peak position
Denmark (Tracklisten) / 23
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) / 14
Ireland (IRMA) / 28
Norway (VG-lista) / 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) / 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) / 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) / 53

Chart (2012-16) / Peak position
Ireland (IRMA) / 77
France (SNEP) / 162
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) / 40

Year-end charts
Year-end chart (1992) / Position
Australia (ARIA) / 69

Certifications
Region / Certification / Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA) / Gold / 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) / Platinum / 50,000*
Belgium (BEA) / Platinum / 50,000*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark) / Platinum / 45,000
Italy (FIMI) / Platinum / 50,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone

Covers

Bands who have covered the song include:

Doro Pesch covered the song for the Metallica - A Tribute to the Black Album, which was released in Germany in the Special Edition of the Metal Hammer August * 2011.
Iris Kroes on harp and vocals, and she even performed this song as a concerto for the concert of 40th Anniversary of Rotterdams Jeugd Symfonie Orkest (RJSO) at October 21, 2012.
Scala & Kolacny Brothers covered this on their "Circle" album in 2010. The song was later used for the trailer for the film Zero Dark Thirty and miniseries Heroes Reborn in addition to the pilot episode of Crisis and TV spot for the first half of Gotham season 3 subtitled Gotham: Mad City.
Lissie covered the song during her Live Lounge session on the Radio 2 show 'Saturday Session' hosted by Dermot O'Leary in the UK which was later included in the second disc of the double CD release Dermot O'Leary Saturday Sessions: 2CD. Her version was also featured in the launch trailer for Gears of War 4.
British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas released a version of the song in a Europe-only CD single.

"Nothing Else Matters" was featured as a playable track in the music video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.