Congrats are to ensure that Metallica, as their most streamed tune on Spotify, “Enter Sandman,” has surpassed the one billion streams mark. That is rarified air, particularly within the rock world, the place the songs which have reached the mark are nonetheless comparatively minimal.
Metallica now joins the ranks AC/DC (“Freeway to Hell,” “Again in Black,” “Thunderstruck”), Arctic Monkeys (“Do I Wanna Know?”), Bon Jovi (“Livin’ on a Prayer”), Fleetwood Mac (“Desires”), Journey (“Do not Cease Believin'”), Linkin Park (“Within the Finish” and “Numb”), Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Candy Dwelling Alabama”), Maneskin (“Beggin'”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), Oasis (“Wonderwall”), Panic! on the Disco (“Excessive Hopes”), Queen (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Do not Cease Me Now,” “One other One Bites the Mud” and “Below Stress”), Radiohead (“Creep”), Purple Scorching Chili Peppers (“Below the Bridge” and “Californication”), The Killers (“Mr. Brightside”), The Police (“Each Breath You Take”), The White Stripes (“Seven Nation Military”), and Twenty One Pilots (“Careworn Out,” “Trip” and “Heathens”) as rock and metallic acts represented within the 1 billion streams membership.
“Enter Sandman” was initially featured on Metallica’s self-titled 1991 ‘Black Album.’ The tune hit No. 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and crossed over to hit No. 16 on the Billboard Scorching 100. It has been licensed as a gold bodily single within the U.S. and a triple-platinum digital single. It additionally stands because the sixth most carried out tune within the band’s dwell historical past and has been coated by Motorhead, Foo Fighters, Volbeat, John 5, Apocalyptica and extra.
Reflecting on the tune’s historical past, Jason Newsted as soon as said that he felt the observe was “kinda corny,” however admitted there was no denying its affect on the band and the music-listening world.
“Our softest tune ever took down the largest partitions to permit our hardest songs ever to penetrate the world. When it was No. 1 in 35 nations in a single week, and 7 of these nations we hadn’t even been to but? Dude, that does not occur to a band who go, ‘Die! Die!’ more often than not,” recalled the band’s former bassist.
Revisit the tune, in addition to our video historical past of the observe, beneath.
