Enter Sandman
type: Q2188189
type: Work
type: MusicalWork
type: Q386724
type: Single
type: CreativeWork
type: Thing
type: MusicRecording
label: エンター・サンドマン @ja
cover: Metallica - Enter Sandman cover.jpg
next title: The Unforgiven (song)
prev title: One (Metallica song)
released: 1991-07-29
album: Metallica (album)
subject: Category:1991 songs
subject: Category:Sandman
subject: Category:Elektra Records singles
subject: Category:Number-one singles in Finland
subject: Category:Halloween songs
subject: Category:Number-one singles in Germany
subject: Category:Music videos directed by Wayne Isham
subject: Category:Songs written by Kirk Hammett
subject: Category:Songs based on children's songs
subject: Category:Rise to Remain songs
subject: Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football
subject: Category:Songs about nightmares
subject: Category:Sports anthems
subject: Category:American hard rock songs
subject: Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Rock
subject: Category:Songs written by James Hetfield
subject: Category:Songs written by Lars Ulrich
subject: Category:1991 singles
subject: Category:Metallica songs
record date: 1991-06-16
recorded: 1991-06-16
digital: true
genre: Heavy metal music
genre: Hard rock
artist: Metallica
composer: * Kirk Hammett * James Hetfield * Lars Ulrich
genre: *Heavy metal *hard rock
region: New Zealand
region: France
region: Denmark
region: Spain
region: Germany
region: United States
region: Canada
region: Italy
region: United Kingdom
region: Australia
recorded in: Extasy Records
runtime: 5.516666666666667
producer: Bob Rock
producer: * Bob Rock * James Hetfield * Lars Ulrich
description: Sample of "Enter Sandman" from Metallica's 1991 album Metallica. In this sample, the main riff of the song can be heard in the beginning followed by the verse and the pre-chorus. The whole song evolved from an early version of the main riff, written by guitarist Kirk Hammett.
record label: Elektra Records
writer: James Hetfield
previous work: One (Metallica song)
subsequent work: The Unforgiven (song)
access date: 2024-03-01
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access date: 2020-05-31
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award: Platinum
award: Gold
b side: * "Stone Cold Crazy"
refname: RIAA1
refname: RIAA2
refname: CAN
refname: RIAA
type: ringtone
type: album