"Frantic"
Single by Metallica
from the album St. Anger
Released	September 15, 2003
Format	CD single
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	5: 50
Label	Elektra Records
Metallica singles chronology
St. Anger	Frantic	The Unnamed Feeling

Frantic is the second single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album St. Anger. This song, like many others on St. Anger, is about the band's past struggles with addictions, particularly lead singer James Hetfield's alcohol problem, for which he spent many months in rehab. The lyrics also draw on zen axioms. During the 2003 live show in Orlando James Hetfield said about Frantic: "This song's about life. Like right fucking now." This show is available for free download on livemetallica.com. Image File history File links Metallicafrantic. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... St. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... St. ... The Unnamed Feeling is the third single by heavy metal band Metallica off their latest album, St. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... St. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... James Alan Hetfield is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and a founding member of the band Metallica. ... In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. ... Drug rehabilitation is an umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a drug stops using that drug. ... Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism which places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and seeing deeply into the nature of things by direct experience. ... For the algebra software named Axiom, see Axiom computer algebra system. ...

The song was played live at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and debuted in May of that year at the MTV Icon ceremony.

Track Listing

CD Single 1

1. Frantic
2. Blackened (Live)
3. Harvester of Sorrow (Live)
4. Frantic - Music Video

CD Single 2

1. Frantic
2. No Remorse (Live)
3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live)

Music Video

A music video was made to go along with Frantic's release as a single. The video depicts a man looking back on his life, in which he is constantly drinking, having sex, and smoking, at the instant that he crashes into a truck. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

This song is actually founded in drummer Lars Ulrich's fear of death and not having "enough" time.^{[citation needed]} A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ...