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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : covidontheweb.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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has title
  • Master Of Puppets
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  • 12-inch single
  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
Subject
  • 1986 singles
  • Elektra Records singles
  • Songs about drugs
  • Metallica songs
  • Songs written by Cliff Burton
  • Songs written by James Hetfield
  • Songs written by Kirk Hammett
  • Songs written by Lars Ulrich
abstract
  • %22Master of Puppets%22 is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in France only on July 2, 1986 as the only single from the band's 1986 third studio album of the same name. It was also issued as a promo single in the US by Elektra Records.The song was recorded during October–December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, DenmarkIt is the second and title track of the album, preceded by a shorter, high-speed typical thrash metal track, %22Battery%22, a similar sequencing heard on Metallica's second (Ride the Lightning) and fourth (...And Justice for All) albums. %22Master of Puppets%22 is also notable for its extensive use of downpicking and its long instrumental section, beginning at 3:34.The song, as lead singer James Hetfield explained, %22deals pretty much with drugs. How things get switched around, instead of you controlling what you're taking and doing, it's drugs controlling you.%22 The song was bassist Cliff Burton's favorite song on the album, as quoted when the album was released. The song is one of the band's most famous and popular songs, frequently played at concerts.
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  • James Hetfield
  • Cliff Burton
  • Kirk Hammett
  • Lars Ulrich
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  • 5714dec525ac0d8aee39bf2b
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