Released February 8, 1993 Length 5:24 | ||
B-side "Harvester of Sorrow" (live)/"So What?""Nothing Else Matters" (Elevator Version)/"Creeping Death" (live)/"Sad But True" (Demo) Format CD single, Cassette, vinyl Recorded June 16, 1991 at One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California |
"Sad but True" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released in February 1993 as the fifth and final single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica. The music video from the single was released in October, 1992.
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Though the band had utilized the 'D standard' tuning for the recording and subsequent performances of covers such as "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" and "The Small Hours", this was the second instance of the band utilizing such a low guitar tuning for an original piece ("The Thing That Should Not Be" was the first, utilizing drop D tuning in the studio, and tuning down to drop C# live). Bassist Jason Newsted tuned his 5-string bass down to 'A standard' for this song, which is essentially the equivalent of D standard, i.e. one whole step down.
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Track listing
- "Sad but True"
- "So What"
- "Sad but True" - 5:27
- "So What" - 3:09
- "Harvester of Sorrow (Live)" - 6:41
- "Sad but True" - 5:27
- "Nothing Else Matters (Elevator Version)" - 6:31
- "Creeping Death (Live)" - 8:01
- "Sad but True (Demo)" - 4:53
- "Sad but True" - 5:26
- "Nothing Else Matters (Live)" - 6:13
- "Sad but True (Live)" - 6:12
- "Sad but True" - 5:24
- "Nothing Else Matters" - 6:29
- "Sad but True" - 5:27
- "Nothing Else Matters (Edit)" - 6:29
- "Sad but True"
- "Nothing Else Matters (Live)"
- "Sad but True (Live)"