Wherever I May Roam

Infobox Single
Name = Wherever I May Roam


Artist = Metallica
from Album = Metallica
B-side = Fade to Black (live)/Wherever I May Roam (Demo)
Last Caress/Am I Evil?/Battery (live)
Released = 1992
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 6:47
Label = Elektra Records
Writer = James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Producer = Bob Rock
Chart position = * #82 (U.S. Hot 100)
* #25 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #25 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "Nothing Else Matters"
(1992)
This single = "Wherever I May Roam"
(1992)
Next single = "Sad but True"
(1992)

"Wherever I May Roam" is the fifth track on the album "Metallica" released in 1991 by the heavy metal band Metallica.

Music

The song starts with an electric sitar playing the main riff of the song, before the drums and electric guitars come in. In addition to the use of a sitar, the loud "crack" heard at 0:30 in the song (and then repeatedly throughout the intro) is bassist Jason Newsted playing a 12-string electric bass, as mentioned by the bassist on the "" DVD.

The song is performed frequently during the band's live concerts, and was played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen) on the album "S&M".

In other media

*In the PC game "", the Bandit unit quotes this song, saying "Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will." and the Beastmaster hero says, "Where I lay my head is home. See that rock? That's my pillow."
*Koopsta Knicca, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, used some instrumental parts of this song for his song "Torture Chamber" from the album "Da Devil's Playground".
*An instrumental cover version of this song can be found as track 5 on the 2005 album "Hands Without Shadows" by guitarist Michael Angelo Batio.

Track listing

#"Wherever I May Roam"
#"Fade to Black (Live)"
#"Wherever I May Roam (Demo)"

CD Single 2
#"Wherever I May Roam"
#"Last Caress"/"Am I Evil?"/"Battery (Live)"