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"The Memory Remains"
Song
B-side"Fuel for Fire/Memory
The Outlaw Torn/King Nothing
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Haven't Heard it Yet Mix)"

"The Memory Remains" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was the lead single from their seventh studio album, ReLoad, released in 1997. It was first performed live in a "jam" version on July 2, 1996.[1] The song features British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull performing backing vocals.

The song was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Part of the intro riff is similar to Black Sabbath's song "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath." It can be heard playing in the strip club Bada Bing! in the episode of The Sopranos, "The Knight in White Satin Armor." The spoken words "Say yes, at least say hello" during the outro, are a reference to "The Misfits", which is the last movie Marilyn Monroe starred in. The song was used by WWE as one of the official theme songs to WrestleMania XXVIII promoting the "End of an Era" Hell in a Cell match between Triple H and The Undertaker.

Demo

The song's demo was also called "Memory" and was recorded in Lars Ulrich's home musical studio "Dungeon" on March 6, 1995 (take 1) and March 17, 1995 (take 2).

Other versions

The band, with Marianne Faithfull, performed the song on the December 6, 1997 edition of Saturday Night Live. A live version of the song was released as B-side to the single "The Unforgiven II". It was later performed with the San Francisco Symphony (conducted by Michael Kamen) on S&M. Another live version was included on Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria. According to a post on Metallica's Facebook wall, they performed the song again with Marianne Faithfull on December 7, 2011, at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Covers

Several bands have covered the song (either live or on record), including The Kovenant, Spleen, Iron Horse and The Stanford Harmonics.

Chart performance

The single was successful, hitting #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #13 on the UK Singles Chart. It was Metallica's last appearance in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 until 2008's "The Day That Never Comes".

Music video

The "Memory Remains" music video (directed by Paul Andresen) features a surreal, anti-gravity concept. The band plays on a large, suspended platform making full and continuous rotations throughout the performance, like an enormous swing. The platform and band are actually stationary and the room, a giant constructed box, spins around it. Marianne Faithfull sings in a dark corridor and turns the crank of a street organ. In some scenes money rains down, an allegorical reference.

According to Encyclopedia Metallica, the video was shot at the Van Nuys Airport and cost $400,000, with the large platform costing over $100,000. The video premiered on MTV's Mattrock on November 15, 1997.[1]

Track listing

CD Single (Reload)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Memory Remains"James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich4:38
2."Fuel for Fire" (work in progress with different lyrics)Hetfield, Ulrich, Kirk Hammett4:41
3."Memory" (demo)Hetfield, Ulrich6:41
CD Single (UK pt. 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Memory Remains"Hetfield, Ulrich4:38
2."The Outlaw Torn" (Unencumbered by Manufacturing Restrictions Version)Hetfield, Ulrich10:48
3."King Nothing" (Tepid Mix)Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett5:07
CD 2-track Single (US & Canada) & 7" Single (Europe)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Memory Remains"Hetfield, Ulrich4:38
2."For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Haven't Heard It Yet Mix)Hetfield, Ulrich, Cliff Burton4:39

Personnel

Metallica
Additional performer
Production

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 28
Canada Top Singles (RPM)
4
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[5] 25
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 13
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 1
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 20
Ireland (IRMA) 13
Italy (FIMI) 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 17
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 23
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 3
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[11] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 30
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 28
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 3

Release history

Region Date
Europe November 10, 1997
United States November 11, 1997

References

  1. ^ a b The Memory Remains EncycMet.com. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  2. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ Canadian rock peak
  6. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". Tracklisten.
  7. ^ "Metallica: The Memory Remains" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Metallica" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". VG-lista.
  11. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains" Canciones Top 50.
  12. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". Singles Top 100.
  13. ^ "Metallica – The Memory Remains". Swiss Singles Chart.
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