Frantic (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Frantic


Artist = Metallica
from Album = St. Anger
B-side = "Blackened" (live)
"Harvester of Sorrow" (live)
"No Remorse" (live)
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (live)
"Frantic" (Remix by U.N.K.L.E.)
Released = September 15, 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded = May, 2002-April, 2003
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 5:50
Label = Elektra Records
Writer = James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Kirk Hammett
Bob Rock
Producer = Bob Rock
Chart position = * #21 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #22 (U.S. Modern Rock)
* #16 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "St. Anger"
(2003)
This single = "Frantic"
(2003)
Next single = "The Unnamed Feeling"
(2004)"Frantic" is the opening track and second single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album "St. Anger". This song, like many others on "St. Anger", is about the band's past struggles with addictions, particularly lead singer James Hetfield's alcohol problem, for which he spent many months in rehab. The lyrics also draw on zen axioms, most notably the Buddhist concept of dukkha brought up by Kirk Hammett: "Birth is pain. Life is pain. Death is pain." During the 2003 live show in Orlando James Hetfield said about "Frantic": "This song's about life. Like right fucking now." This show is available for free download on livemetallica.com.In the DVD "Some Kind of Monster" Lars reveals he wanted to name the album St Anger, as Frantic.

The song has also become an internet meme due to how the lyrics "TICK" are repeated many times.

The song was played live at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and debuted in May of that year at the MTV Icon ceremony.

"Frantic" is the only song from "St. Anger" that has been played live since the St. Anger tour.

Track listing

CD Single #1

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Blackened" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted) - 6.37
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 6.41
#"Frantic" - Music Video

*Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003 at the Download Festival, Donington, UK

CD Single #2

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5.16
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 6.40

*Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003 at the Download Festival, Donington, UK

International 2 track single

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5.16

*"No Remorse" recorded live on June 1, 2003 at the Download Festival, Donington, UK

Belgium/Netherlands limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock)
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich)
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich)

*"Harvester of Sorrow" recorded live on June 15, 2003 at the Fields of Rock Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands

*"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" & "No Remorse" recorded live on June 28, 2003 at the Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium

pain/Portugal limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock)
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich)
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich)

*Live tracks recorded on June 21, 2003 at the Doctor Music Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Italy limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Blackened" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted) - 7.02
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 6.33
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 7.18
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5.29

*Live tracks recorded on June 13, 2003 at the Imola Jammin' Festival, Imola, Italy

candinavian limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Blackened" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted) - 8.02
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 7.06
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 6.49
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5.33

*Live tracks recorded on June 26, 2003 at the Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark

Germany limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 6.49
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 6.58

France limited edition

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock)
#"Blackened" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich)
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)

*Live tracks recorded on June 11, 2003 at Le Bataclan, Paris, France

Japanese EP

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Blackened" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted) - 6.37
#"Harvester of Sorrow" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 6.41
#"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) - 6.40
#"No Remorse" (Live) (Hetfield/Ulrich) - 5.16

*Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003 at the Download Festival, Donington, UK

12" Vinyl

#"Frantic" (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 5.50
#"Frantic" (Remix by U.N.K.L.E.) (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett/Rock) - 6.51

Music video

A music video, directed by Wayne Isham, was made to go along with "Frantic"'s release as a single. The video depicts a man looking back on his life (in which he is constantly drinking, having sex, and smoking) at the instant that he crashes his rotisserie delivery pickup truck into an RV at an intersection. The video was shot in Montreal, Canada.