Until It Sleeps

Name: Until It Sleeps
Duration: 4 min 30 s

~ Recording by Metallica

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	CA1996-05-21	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	CD 64276
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (DFI pressing, red vinyl)	Metallica	Single	-1996-05-21	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 135-0, 578 13500, METAL 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	XE1996-05-21	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	INT 578 134-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (Orlake pressing, red vinyl)	Metallica	Single	-1996-05	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 135-0, 578 13500, METAL 12
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	JP1996-06-01	Sony Records (Japanese imprint)	SRCS 8000
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:32	Metallica	Load (PMDC France pressing, BIEM/STEMRA on disc)	Metallica	Album	XE1996-06-03	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load (Limited Edition)	Metallica	Album	AU1996-06-03	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load (PMDC Germany pressing)	Metallica	Album	XE1996-06-04	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US1996-06-04	Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01)	61923-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	CA1996-06-04
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:35	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	JP1996-07-03	Sony Records (Japanese imprint)	CS 8062, SRCS 8062
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	AU1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US1996
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	MX1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2, 532 618-2 (25)
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	ZA1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	STARCD 6259
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US1996	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	61923-1
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load (PMDC France pressing, BIEM/MCPS on disc)	Metallica	Album	XE1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	AR1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	532 618-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	US1996	Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01)	64276-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	AU1996	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 145-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	GB1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 145-2, METCD 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (Part 2)	Metallica	Single	GB1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 135-2, METCX 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	XE1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	INT 578 134-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	XE1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 145-2, METCD 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	GB1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	METJB 12
1.2	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	GB1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	METJB 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	MX1996	PolyGram	578 145-2, CDIP 5" 578 145-2 (21)
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (PDO, UK press)	Metallica	Single	XE1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 135-2, METCX 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (slipcase)	Metallica	Single	CA1996	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	64276-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (cassette case)	Metallica	Single	CA1996	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	96 42764
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps (Dolby HR Pro B NR, SR)	Metallica	Single	US1996	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	4-64276
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps: Part 1	Metallica	Single	TH1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 145-4
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps: Part 2	Metallica	Single	TH1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	578 135-4
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	JP2003-11-06	Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint)	SICP 480
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	JP2006-08-09	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	UICR-1057
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	JP2008-09-12	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	UICY-91074
6.4	Until It Sleeps	4:29	Metallica	The Metallica Collection	Metallica	Album + Compilation	XW2009-04-25	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	JP2010-09-22	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	UICY-94667
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	XE2010	Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America)	0600753286876
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	XE2010	Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)	00 6007 532 869-0 6
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	CA2013 US2013	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US2013	Blackened (Metallica's own imprint/record label, aka Blackened Recordings)	BLCKND011-2
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US2016	Blackened (Metallica's own imprint/record label, aka Blackened Recordings)
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	UA-	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	523 618-9
Promotion
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	US1996-05-04	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	61923-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:33	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	GB1996-05-20	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	METCJ 12
1.2	Until It Sleeps	4:32	Metallica	Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, July 1996	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996-06	Promo Only
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:35	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	JP1996-07-03	Sony Records (Japanese imprint)	CS 8062, SRCS 8062
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:34	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	GB1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	[none]
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	FR1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	6385
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:33	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	US1996	Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)	PRCD 9568-2
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:33	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	BE1996 FR1996 LU1996 NL1996	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	3362
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:33	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	MX1996	PolyGram, Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	CDP 437
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:36	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	KR1996	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998), PolyGram	578 145-2, DP 1680, METCD 12
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:35	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	DE1996	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	[none]
2.6	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Mandatory 2	Metallica	Album + Compilation	XE1997	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	MMCJ-2
2.6	Until It Sleeps	4:34	Metallica	Mandatory Metallica	Metallica	Album + Compilation	US1997	Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01)	PRCD9927-2
1.7	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Saint Anger Promo	Metallica	Album + Compilation	-2003	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	SACDP1
1.4	Until It Sleeps	4:29	Metallica	Past Magnetic	Metallica	Album + Compilation	XE2008	Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)	PASTMAGCJ1
Bootleg
1.6	Until It Sleeps	4:35	Metallica	Hit Explosion 7	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1996-07	Double Fun	CD 170047
1.1	Until It Sleeps	4:35	Metallica	Until It Sleeps	Metallica	Single	PL1996	Delta (Polish bootleg)	0468
1.18	Until It Sleeps	4:27	Metallica	Very Best '98	Metallica	Album + Compilation	-1998
1.9	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	200% Ultra Hits	Metallica	Album + Compilation	RU1999	Dance OK! Studio	BRONS 308
1.11	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Best Collection (The Best)	Metallica	Album + Compilation	RU2000
3.5	Until It Sleeps	4:31	Metallica	Best of the Best… 1983–2003	Metallica	Album + Compilation	DE2008
3.5	Until It Sleeps	4:30	Metallica	Greatest Hits	Metallica	Album + Compilation	RU2008	Star Mark	20354-1/2, 20360-1/2
3.3	Until It Sleeps	4:28	Metallica	17 Years in the Life of Metallica	Metallica	Album + Compilation

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assistant recording engineer:	Brian Dobbs (US metal producer/engineer) Kent Matcke
recording engineer and mixer:	Randy Staub
assistant engineer:	Jason Goldstein
engineer:	Brian Dobbs (US metal producer/engineer)
co-producer:	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
producer:	James Hetfield Bob Rock Lars Ulrich
additional assistant mixer:	Mike Rew
additional mixer:	Mike Fraser (Canadian record producer, engineer and mixer)
assistant mixer:	Matt Curry (engineer)
assistant editor:	Mike Gillies Chris Vrenna (member of Tweaker)
editor:	Paul DeCarli
bass:	Jason Newsted (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)
drums (drum set):	Lars Ulrich (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)
guitar:	Kirk Hammett (from 1995-05 until 1996-02) James Hetfield (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)
lead vocals:	James Hetfield (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)

additionally recorded at:	Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)
recorded at:	The Plant Studios (1981-2008) in Sausalito, California, United States (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)
additionally mixed at:	Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:	Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1996-03 until 1996-04)

mash-ups:	Until It Talks (Metallica vs. Coldplay) (Best of Bootie 2008 DJ-mix) by Divide & Kreate

recording of:	Until It Sleeps (from 1995-05 until 1996-02)

Until It Sleeps

lyricist:	James Hetfield
composer:	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

publisher:	Creeping Death Music (in 1996) Virgin Music Japan (defunct song publisher, not a release label) (in 1996)

later versions:	Until It Sleeps (S&M version)

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