"Bleeding Me" is a song by American
heavy metal band
Metallica from their 1996 album, ''
Load''. Although never commercially released as a
single, a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the
US Mainstream Rock chart.
"Bleeding Me" is featured on ''
S&M'' (1999) along with three other songs from ''Load''.
Lyrics
Like many songs on
Load, "Bleeding Me" features some of the most personal lyrics
James Hetfield has ever written about. In a 2001 interview with ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
'', he explained the meaning of the song:
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Metallica
*
James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...
– lead and rhythm guitar
*
Jason Newsted
Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician who was the bassist of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He first performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam (band), Flotsam and Jetsam from ...
– bass
*
Lars Ulrich – drums
Production
*
Bob Rock
Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Tragically Hip, the Cult, ...
– production
* Brian Dobbs – engineering, mixing
*
Randy Staub
Randy Staub is a Canadian recording engineer. He has been nominated for the Juno Awards' " Recording Engineer of the Year" award 12 times. He won in 2002 for the songs " How You Remind Me" and "Too Bad" by Nickelback.Peebles, Frank (April 4, 2008 ...
– engineering, mixing
* Jason Goldstein – assistant engineering
* Kent Matcke – assistant engineering
*
Mike Fraser – mixing
* Matt Curry – mixing assistant
* Mike Rew – mixing assistant
*
George Marino
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
– mastering
* Paul DeCarli – digital editing
* Mike Gillies – digital editing assistant
*
Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, songwriter, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails ...
– digital editing assistant
* Satori – cover design
* Ross Halfin – photography
Track listing
# "Bleeding Me" (Radio Edit) – 5:57
# "Bleeding Me" – 8:18
Weekly charts
References
External links
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1996 songs
1997 singles
Metallica songs
Songs written by James Hetfield
Songs written by Kirk Hammett
Songs written by Lars Ulrich
Elektra Records singles
Song recordings produced by Bob Rock
American hard rock songs