The Thing That Should Not Be

~ Song

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lyricist:James Hetfield
composer:Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
publisher:Creeping Death Music
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/6614 [info]
later versions:The Thing That Should Not Be (S&M version)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1985-09-01 – 1985-12-27The Thing That Should Not BeMetallica6:36
1985-09The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985 Drum Room Demo)Metallica6:20
1985-09The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985, writing in progress)Metallica4:17
1985The Thing That Should Not Be (1985, from James’ riff tapes)partialMetallica0:34
1986-05-24The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-05-24: Arena Building, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA)liveMetallica6:23
1986-05-25The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-05-25: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA)liveMetallica6:38
1986-05-25The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-05-25: Chicago, IL, USA)liveMetallica?:??
1986-05-25The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-05-25: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA)liveMetallica6:14
1986-05-30The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-05-30: Davenport, IA, USA)liveMetallica6:34
1986-07-16The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-07-16: Fort Wayne, IN, USA)liveMetallica6:27
1986-07-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-07-21: Clarkston, MI, USA)liveMetallica6:46
1986-09-11The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-11: Bradford, UK)liveMetallica5:42
1986-09-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-21: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)liveMetallica6:21
1986-09-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-21: London, UK)liveMetallica5:44
1986-09-24The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-24: Lund, Sweden)liveMetallica5:30
1986-09-26The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-26: Stockholm, Sweden)liveMetallica5:26
1986-09-26The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-26: Stockholm, Sweden)liveMetallica5:51
1986-09-26The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-09-26: Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden)liveMetallica5:57
1986-11-17The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-11-17: Aichi Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan)liveMetallica6:18
1986-11-18The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-11-18: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)liveMetallica6:21
1986-11-28The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-11-28: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA)liveMetallica5:37
1986-12-04The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-12-04: Chicoutimi, QC, Canada)liveMetallica6:11
1986-12-07The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-12-07: Victoriaville, ON, Canada)liveMetallica5:28
1987-01-25The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-01-25: Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany)liveMetallica5:42
1987-02-05The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-02-05: Paris, France)liveMetallica6:29
1987-02-08The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-02-08: Zwolle, Netherlands)liveMetallica5:39
1987-02-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-02-13: Frolundaborg, Gothenburg, Sweden)liveMetallica5:42
1987-02-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-02-13: Gothenburg, Sweden)liveMetallica5:39
1987-02-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1987-02-13: Frolundaborg, Gothenburg, Sweden)liveMetallica5:39
1989-08-29 – 1989-08-30The Thing That Should Not BeliveMetallica?:??
1989-08-30The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1989-08-29/30: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)liveMetallica7:08
1989-08The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1989-08-29/30: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)liveMetallica7:08
1989-09-15The Thing That Should Not BeliveMetallica6:56
1989The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1989: Seattle, WA, USA)liveMetallica7:02
1993-05-22The Thing That Should Not Be (live at Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 05/22/93)liveMetallica8:25
1993-06-01The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1993-06-01: Helsinki, Finland)liveMetallica8:42
1993-06-05The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1993-06-05: Milton Keynes Bowl, UK)liveMetallica8:14
1993-06-05The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1993-06-05: National Bowl, Milton Keynes, UK)liveMetallica8:14
1993-06-08The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1993-06-08: Inter Bratislava Stadium, Bratislava, Slovakia)liveMetallica6:21
1993-06-20The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1993-06-20: St. Jakob Football Stadium, Basel, Switzerland)liveMetallica7:17
1997-11-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1997-11-13: London, UK)liveMetallica7:31
1997-11-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1997-11-13: London, UK)liveMetallica7:31
1998-05-08The Thing That Should Not BeliveMetallica7:16
1998-07-17The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1998-07-17: East Rutherford, NJ, USA)liveMetallica7:13
1998-07-19The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1998-07-19: Great Woods Center, Mansfield, MA, USA)liveMetallica7:19
1999-04-12The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-04-12: Honolulu, HI, USA)liveMetallica6:36
1999-04-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-04: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA)liveMetallica7:22
1999-04-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-04-21: Symphonica I: Berkeley, CA, USA)liveMetallica6:36
1999-04-22The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-04-22: Berkeley, CA, USA)liveMetallica7:02
1999-04-30The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-04-30: Mexico City, Mexico)liveMetallica6:52
1999-05-02The Thing That Should Not BeliveMetallica6:27
1999-05-09The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-09: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)liveMetallica6:53
1999-05-12The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-12: Pista Atletica del Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile, Chile)liveMetallica6:36
1999-05-14The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-14: Buenos Aires, Argentina)liveMetallica7:42
1999-05-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-21: Frankenstadion, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany)liveMetallica7:46
1999-05-22The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-22: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany)liveMetallica7:06
1999-05-23The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-23: Dynamo Open Air, Eindhoven, Netherlands)liveMetallica7:16
1999-05-23The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-23: Dynamo Open Air Festival, Eindoven, Netherlands)liveMetallica7:17
1999-05-28The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-05-28: Globen Theater, Stockholm, Sweden)liveMetallica7:48
1999-06-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-06-13: Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey)liveMetallica7:32
1999-06-25The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1999-06-25: Open Air Festival, St. Gallen, Switzerland)liveMetallica6:11
2002-02-19The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2002-02-19: Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain)cover and liveDream Theater7:05
2003-05-19The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2003-05-19: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveMetallica?:??
2003-05-22The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2003-05-22: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveMetallica?:??
2003-06-08The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2003-06-08: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany)liveMetallica7:39
2003-12-03The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2003-12-03: Spektrum, Oslo, Norway)liveMetallica7:19
2004-03-06The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2004-03-06: Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveMetallica9:37
2004-08-30The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2004-08-30: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA, USA)liveMetallica?:??
2004-10-20The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2004-10-20: Philadelphia, PA, USA)liveMetallica9:30
2006-06-03The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-03: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany)liveMetallica7:15
2006-06-04The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-04: Rock im Park: Nürnberg, Germany)liveMetallica7:14
2006-06-06The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-06: Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany)liveMetallica7:12
2006-06-08The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-08: Arnhem, Holland)liveMetallica5:57
2006-06-10The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-10: Download Festival, Donington, UK)liveMetallica7:23
2006-06-11The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-11: Download Festival Ireland, Dublin, Ireland)liveMetallica7:18
2006-06-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-13: Tallin, Estonia)liveMetallica7:20
2006-06-17The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-06-17: Heineken Jammin Festival, Imola, Italy)liveMetallica7:24
2006-08-12The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-08-12: Tokyo Summer Sonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan)liveMetallica?:??
2006-08-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2006-08-13: Osaka Summer Sonic Festival, Osaka, Japan)liveMetallica8:02
2007-06-29The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2007-06-29: Bilbao BBK Live Festival, Bilbao, Spain)liveMetallica?:??
2008-09-12The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2008-09-12: O2 World, Berlin, Germany)liveMetallica?:??
2008-09-15The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2008-09-15: O2, London, UK)liveMetallica?:??
2009-01-29The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2009-01-29: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)liveMetallica7:07
2009-07-28The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2009-07-28: Copenhagen Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark)liveMetallica6:53
2010-11-21The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2010-11-21: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia)liveMetallica6:39
2011-12-09The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2011-12-09: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveMetallica8:01
2019-06-13The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 2019-06-13: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany)liveMetallica6:54
The Thing That Should Not BeliveMetallica7:15
The Thing That Should Not BecoverDiesel Machine6:37
The Thing That Should Not BecoverRazed in Black4:52
The Thing That Should Not BecoverCarbon 124:58
The Thing That Should Not BecoverAzeroth8:17
The Thing That Should Not BecoverFlegma4:58
The Thing That Should Not BecoverS.N.P.6:02
The Thing That Should Not Be (live, 1986-12-01: Felt Forum, NY, USA)liveMetallica5:52
The Thing That Should Not BeMetallica6:27
The Thing That Should Not Be (live)liveMetallica5:55
The Thing That Should Not Be (live)liveMetallica7:09
The Thing That Should Not Be (live)liveMetallica7:33
The Thing That Should Not Be (live)liveMetallica6:35
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