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Better than You (Metallica song)

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Released
  
July 16, 1998

Length
  
5:21

Genre
  
Heavy metal

Label
  
Elektra

Recorded
  
1996 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California

Writer(s)
  
James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich

"Better than You" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the fifth track on their seventh album, ReLoad. The song was originally titled "Better". It won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, it was the band's fourth award in that category. It's about somebody who's obsessed of the struggle to be better than somebody else. The band performed a jam of the song for the first time in London in 1995. The single cover features the same picture as the cover of Metallica's Cunning Stunts as well as on the final page of Reload. The song qualifies on all grounds, lyrics full of festering resentment, Hammett giving lengthy solo.

Contents

Track listing

1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1149-2)

  1. "Better than You" – 4:45

1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1165-2)

  1. "Better than You" (edit) – 4:44

Personnel

  • James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
  • Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
  • Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals
  • Lars Ulrich – drums, producer
  • Bob Rock – producer
  • References

    Better than You (Metallica song) Wikipedia