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Better than You (Metallica song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Better than You'" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the fifth track on their seventh album, 'Reload'. The song was originally titled "Better". It won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, the band's fourth award in that category. The song is about someone who is obsessed of the struggle to be better than someone else. The band performed a jam of the song for the first time in London in 1995. The single cover features the same picture as the cover of Metallica's 'Cunning Stunts' as well as on the final page of 'Reload'. The 2011 book 'Metallica: The Music and the Mayhem' describes the song as "[qualifying] on all grounds, with lyrics full of festering resentment, and Hammett giving a lengthy solo."

Track listing



'1998 CD promo' (USA: Elektra PRCD 1149-2)

#"Better than You" 5:21

'1998 CD promo' (USA: Elektra PRCD 1165-2)

#"Better than You (Edit)" 4:44

Personnel



* James Hetfield lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer

* Kirk Hammett lead guitar

* Jason Newsted bass, backing vocals

* Lars Ulrich drums, producer

* Bob Rock producer

References



Category:1997 songs

Category:1998 singles

Category:Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance

Category:Metallica songs

Category:Songs written by James Hetfield

Category:Songs written by Lars Ulrich

Category:Elektra Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Rock

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