"Enter Sandman" is a song performed by the heavy metal band Metallica on their eponymous 1991 album Metallica (commonly called The Black Album by fans and the band themselves). Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Metallica (also known as The Black Album because of its largely black and nearly-featureless cover) is the self titled fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. ... The name Black Album has been given to several albums, either officially or by fans to refer to a self-titled album. ...

The song is one of the band's most well-known tracks, with its single riff chorus that expands throughout the song, telling the grim tale of a young child who fears falling asleep to avoid the nightmares that come. The main riff was written by Hammett. In the song's bridge, both vocalist James Hetfield and a young child (former Metallica-Producer Bob Rock's son)^{[citation needed]} recite the classic children's prayer, "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep." The song has been covered by artists diverse as Motörhead and Pat Boone.^[1][2] James Hetfield (born James Alan Hetfield, 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ... Image:Hff026 112. ... Mary Magdalene in prayer. ... Now I lay me down to sleep is a classic childrens prayer from the 18th century. ... Motörhead are a Grammy Award-winning British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (real name Ian Kilmister), who has remained the sole constant member. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ...

The song underwent many changes before it made it onto the album - namely, the lyrical content was changed from cot death to something more commercially marketable (like nightmares), the structure of the riff was changed, and the solo was altered from a more traditional fast heavy metal solo to something shorter and simpler. Moreover the band and producer Bob Rock initially wanted "Holier Than Thou" to be the first single off the album. Drummer Lars Ulrich worked to make "Enter Sandman" the first single though, believing it would market better than the more traditional-heavy metal/thrash metal sounding "Holier Than Thou" ^[3]. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death and crib death, is the term for the sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. ... This page is about a type of dream. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... Image:Hff026 112. ... In Christian dogma, pride (or vanity) is excessive belief in ones own abilities, that interferes with the individuals recognition of the grace of God. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ...

Enter Sandman is placed 399 in Rolling Stone Magazine's List of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is Metallica's only song on that list. VH1 ranked it as 22nd on the list of 40 Greatest Metal Songs of all time ^[4]. In 2004, Rolling Stone listed the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time as polled by musicians, critics, and industry figures. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division...

The song has become a live staple at Metallica's live performances, and was played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen) on the S&M album as the first encore. The San Francisco Symphony is a major orchestra based in San Francisco, California. ... Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. ... The encore is an additional extra performance of a musical piece at the end of the regular concert, which is not listed in the event setlist. ...

Johnny Crass parodied the song as "Internet Sandman", referring to the whole Napster debacle. This parody is also known as "Enter Napster" or "Metallica vs Napster" in P2P circuits. The song is also frequently miscredited to Weird Al Yankovic for making the song, when he actually didn't. Christian parody band Apologetix also has parodied the song in their version, "Enter Samson," which is a staple of Apologetix concerts. Johnny Crass is a song parodist best known for the songs Internet Sandman and Bomb Osama. ... Second version (revised 2001) of Napster logo: Cat wearing headphones. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... This article is about the musician. ...

The line in the chorus "Take my hand! We're off to Never Never Land" references Peter Pan. Statue of Peter Pan in Bowring Park, St. ...

The song's title was also goofed in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, also known as Juniper Lee for short, is an American animated television series, created by Judd Winick and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. ...

When the chorus is played backwards it supposedly says "I am the snake I am the snake yeah the snake" although this is considered not intentional and is denied by the band.

The song will be a playable track in the upcoming video game Rock Band. Rock Band is an upcoming music video game under development by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and to be distributed by Electronic Arts Partners scheduled for a North American release during the 2007 holiday season. ...

Track Listing

1. "Enter Sandman"
2. "Stone Cold Crazy"
3. "Enter Sandman (Demo)"

Covers

Artists who have covered this song:

• Art Brut would often use the intro of this song as an opener to their concerts. They would go from Enter Sandman to their own song, Formed a Band.
• Anthrax with Judas Priest (From. Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute album)
• Beatallica (Mixed with The Beatles' Taxman to make Sandman)
• Gob (As part of Mr. Sandman)
• Motörhead covered the song for ECW, reputedly following Metallica demanding royalties for continued use of the original recording at ECW events. The cover is extremely close to the original, due to the need to make overdubbed copies on home video releases of earlier ECW events synch properly with The Sandman's ring entrance, which was carefully timed to the original music.
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones on the Where'd You Go? EP (1991)
• Pat Boone on In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
• Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine on Aperitif for Destruction.
• Rob Zombie (live)
• Sum 41 (As seen on MTV Icon: Metallica)
• Story of the Year during live performances on their Meteora tour with Linkin Park
• Apocalyptica (on Plays Metallica by Four Cellos)
• Johnny Crass parodied under the name Internet Sandman.
• Vice Squad on the A Punk Tribute to Metallica album
• Ensiferum (live)
• NATAS sampled the song in their song "Why You Gotta Lie" on their 2006 release, N of tha World.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic used a line from this song in his remix "Polka Your Eyes Out."
• Evanescence has also performed a cover of this song live.
• Dream Theater plays a portion of the main riff during "Peruvian Skies" from their 1998 live album Once In A Livetime.
• Burton C. Bell, John Christ, Robert Trujillo, and Tommy Aldridge for Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica
• Ween (live)
• J.B.O. as "Schlaf Kindlein, schlaf" (Sleep, child, sleep)
• 386 DX covered the song.
• Nanowar as "Entra L'Uomo Di Sabbia" (Italian translation of Enter Sandman) on the release "Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay!".
• Reel Big Fish has covered the opening section of the song during some of their live shows. Scott Klopfenstein provides the vocals.

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Use in Sports

It is also a popular crowd-inciting theme for sporting events;

• Professional wrestler Jim Fullington adopted it for his theme music for his antihero character — already named The Sandman — in Extreme Championship Wrestling. The song proved so popular in ECW that during his entrance, the fans would often sing along with the music as he walked to the ring through the crowd.
• New York Mets closer Billy Wagner was the orignial closer to use it as his entrance music when he comes into a game, implying that he will put the opposing team to "sleep".
• New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera also uses it as entrance music. He has attained the nickname "Sandman"
• The Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim also use the song for pre-game player introductions.
• The Louisville Cardinals use it at as the entrance music for the football team during home games.
• The Virginia Tech Hokies also use it at as the entrance music for the football team. The entire student section jumps up and down before the Hokies take the field, in what has become known as the "Blacksburg Bounce."
• The NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and its AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, also use the main riff as intro music.
• Los Angeles shock jock Tom Leykis uses a modified version as the intro to his radio show.
• The Tazewell Bulldogs from Tazewell, VA use the song as they head out to Witten Field.

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