Whiplash (Metallica song)

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"Whiplash"

Single by Metallica

from the album Kill 'Em All

B-side

"Whiplash (Special Neckbrace Remix)"

Released

August 8, 1983

Recorded

May 10–27, 1983 at Music America Studios (Rochester, New York)

Genre

Thrash metal

Length

4:10

Paul Curcio

Metallica singles chronology

"Whiplash"
(1983)

"Jump in the Fire"
(1984)

Audio sample

Whiplash

"Whiplash" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first single from their debut album, Kill 'Em All, and the band's debut single overall, released on August 8, 1983.^[1] The song has been covered a number of times, most notably by Motörhead, whose version won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.^[2]

The single also includes fake live performances of "Seek & Destroy" and "Phantom Lord", which are actually alternate studio recordings with overdubbed crowd noise.^[3]

Live performances

"Whiplash" was first played live in October 23, 1982,^[4] and was one of the last songs Metallica wrote for Kill 'Em All.^{[citation needed]} As of 2024 the song has been played 984 times.^[5]

Cover versions and appearances in media

Motörhead (who have been cited by Metallica as a major influence) covered this song for the Metallica tribute album Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute and won their first Grammy in the awards of 2005 in the Best Metal Performance category.^[2]
Crematorium covered "Whiplash" on the album Overload: A Tribute to Metallica.
The song was also covered by Billy Milano, Scott Ian, Philip Soussan, and Vinny Appice for Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica.
Pantera, using the joke name "Pantallica", performed the song live along with "Seek & Destroy" with Jason Newsted on bass, and members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Philip Anselmo (vocals) switching roles.
Destruction covered "Whiplash" for a Metallica tribute album, and released it on some editions of their album All Hell Breaks Loose as a hidden bonus track.
Stone Gods covered the song on their Knight of the Living Dead tour.
"Whiplash" appears in the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
"Whiplash" is a playable song in the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.
The song can be heard during a fight scene in the 2012 comedy film That's My Boy - starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg.
According to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett in an interview, "Whiplash" was the favorite Metallica song of the late Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain.^[6]
While not an official cover of the song itself, Corey Taylor and his band play the main riff of "Whiplash" as a finale to their cover of "Holier Than Thou" that featured on The Metallica Blacklist.

Track listing

US single (vinyl)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jump in the Fire"	4:41
2.	"Whiplash (Special Neckbrace Remix)"	4:24
3.	"Seek & Destroy" (Live)	7:04
4.	"Phantom Lord" (Live)	4:52

US single (cassette maxi-single)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jump in the Fire"	4:41
2.	"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (instrumental)	4:15
3.	"Whiplash (Special Neckbrace Remix)"	4:24
4.	"Seek & Destroy" (Live)	7:04
5.	"Phantom Lord" (Live)	4:52

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Kill 'Em All liner notes.^[7]

References

^ "Whiplash | Metallica.com". www.metallica.com. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "47th Grammy Awards - 2005". Rock on the Net archive. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
^ "Metallica Discography". Metallica. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ "1982-10-23 Fullerton, CA, United States | Metallica.com". www.metallica.com. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ "Metallica Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ Cat Badra (October 13, 2012). "Metallica's Kirk Hammett on Nirvana's Kurt Cobain: I Knew Him Well". Audio Ink Radio. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ Kill 'Em All liner notes. Megaforce Records. 1983.

External links

Whiplash lyrics from the official website

v t e Metallica
James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo Dave Mustaine Ron McGovney Cliff Burton Jason Newsted
Studio albums	Kill 'Em All Ride the Lightning Master of Puppets ...And Justice for All Metallica Load Reload St. Anger Death Magnetic Hardwired... to Self-Destruct 72 Seasons
Cover albums	Garage Inc.
Extended plays	The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited Beyond Magnetic
Collaboration projects	S&M (with the San Francisco Symphony) The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Anthrax, Megadeth & Slayer) Lulu (with Lou Reed) S&M2 (with the San Francisco Symphony)
Live albums	Live Shit: Binge & Purge S&M Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México Six Feet Down Under Six Feet Down Under Part II Live at Grimey's Freeze 'Em All Through the Never S&M2
Box sets	The Good, the Bad & the Live Live Shit: Binge & Purge Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set The Metallica Collection
Singles	"Whiplash" "Jump in the Fire" "Creeping Death" "Master of Puppets" "Harvester of Sorrow" "Eye of the Beholder" "One" "Enter Sandman" "The Unforgiven" "Nothing Else Matters" "Wherever I May Roam" "Sad but True" "Until It Sleeps" "Hero of the Day" "Mama Said" "King Nothing" "The Memory Remains" "The Unforgiven II" "Fuel" "Turn the Page" "Whiskey in the Jar" "Die, Die My Darling" "Nothing Else Matters '99" (with the San Francisco Symphony) "No Leaf Clover" (with the San Francisco Symphony) "I Disappear" "St. Anger" "Frantic" "The Unnamed Feeling" "Some Kind of Monster" "The Day That Never Comes" "My Apocalypse" "All Nightmare Long" "Broken, Beat & Scarred" "The View" (with Lou Reed) "Lords of Summer" "Hardwired" "Moth into Flame" "Atlas, Rise!" "Now That We're Dead" "Spit Out the Bone" "Lux Æterna" "Screaming Suicide" "If Darkness Had a Son" "72 Seasons"
Promotional singles	"Fade to Black" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "...And Justice for All" "Don't Tread on Me" "Ain't My Bitch" "Bleeding Me" "Better than You" "Cyanide" "The Judas Kiss"
Other songs	"Seek & Destroy" "Am I Evil?" "Battery" "Disposable Heroes" "Orion" "Breadfan" "The God That Failed" "Astronomy" "Tuesday's Gone" "Last Caress/Green Hell" "Stone Cold Crazy" "So What?" "Overkill" "The Unforgiven III" "Inamorata"
Video albums	Cliff 'Em All 2 of One A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Cunning Stunts S&M The Videos 1989–2004 Français Pour une Nuit Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria Quebec Magnetic Metallica: Through the Never S&M2
Tours	Damage, Inc. Tour Damaged Justice Wherever We May Roam Tour Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour Shit Hits the Sheds Tour Summer Sanitarium Tour Madly in Anger with the World Tour Sick of the Studio '07 World Magnetic Tour 2012 European Black Album Tour Metallica By Request Tour Lords of Summer Tour WorldWired Tour 2021–2022 tours M72 World Tour
Related articles	Awards Discography Demos Songs recorded Apocalyptica Beatallica Big Mick Orion Music + More Echobrain Exodus Flotsam and Jetsam Megadeth Newsted Metallica v. Napster, Inc. A Tribute to the Four Horsemen Guitar Hero: Metallica songs Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute Metallica: This Monster Lives Pianotarium Metallica: Some Kind of Monster For Those About to Rock Murder in the Front Row Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington Paradise Lost trilogy The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Revelations Purgatory The Metallica Blacklist Portals
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