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Frantic (Metallica song)

2003 single by Metallica

"Frantic" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on September 15, 2003. It's the second single from their eighth studio album St. Anger.

"Frantic"
Single by Metallica
from the album St. Anger
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2003[1]
Recorded2002–2003
StudioMetallica's HQ (San Rafael, California)
Genre
Length5:51 (album version)
4:58 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Rock
  • Metallica
Metallica singles chronology
"St. Anger"
(2003) 		"Frantic"
(2003) 		"The Unnamed Feeling"
(2004)
Music video
"Frantic" on YouTube

This song is about the band's past struggles with addictions. Most notably, lead singer James Hetfield's alcohol problem. He spent many months in rehab because of this. The lyrics also draw on Zen axioms such as the Buddhist concept of dukkha.

Music video

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A music video was made of "Frantic". It was directed by Wayne Isham and made to go along with the song's release as a single. The video was shot in Montreal, Canada. It features a shortened version of the song.

It depicts a man looking back on his life. He was always drinking, having sex, and smoking. He then crashes his pickup truck into an RV at an intersection. In-between those clips are scenes of the band playing the song in front of a pile of scrap metal (Hetfield and Hammett) and a set of rocks (Ulrich and Trujillo). At the end of the video, the man's truck is upside-down, but he's still alive. He starts to laugh, but a car crashes into the side of the truck, tipping it overl This presumably kills him.

Track listing

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International Single Part 1
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Blackened (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:37
  3. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:41
  4. "Frantic (Video)"
  • Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003, at the Download Festival, Donington, UK
International Single Part 2
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "No Remorse (Live - Download Festival)" - 5:16
  3. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:40
  • Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003, at the Download Festival, Donington, UK
International 2-track Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "No Remorse (Live - Download Festival)" - 5:16
  • Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003, at the Download Festival, Donington, UK
Belgian Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:53
  2. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Fields of Rock Festival)" - 6:46
  3. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Werchter Festival)" - 6:41
  4. "No Remorse (Live - Werchter Festival)" - 5:52
  • "Harvester of Sorrow" recorded live on June 15, 2003, at the Fields of Rock Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and "No Remorse" recorded live on June 28, 2003, at the Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
Spanish Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:53
  2. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Doctor Music Festival)" - 6:51
  3. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Doctor Music Festival)" - 6:41
  4. "No Remorse (Live - Doctor Music Festival)" - 5:37
  • Live tracks recorded on June 21, 2003, at the Doctor Music Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Italian Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Blackened (Live - Imola Jammin' Festival)" - 7:02
  3. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Imola Jammin' Festival)" - 6:33
  4. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Imola Jammin' Festival)" - 7:18
  5. "No Remorse (Live - Imola Jammin' Festival)" - 5:29
  • Live tracks recorded on June 13, 2003, at the Imola Jammin' Festival, Imola, Italy
Danish Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Blackened (Live - Roskilde Festival)" - 8:02
  3. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Roskilde Festival)" - 7:06
  4. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Roskilde Festival)" - 6:49
  5. "No Remorse (Live - Roskilde Festival) - 5:33
  • Live tracks recorded on June 26, 2003, at the Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
German Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Rock Am Ring)" - 6:49
  3. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Rock Am Ring) - 6:58
  • Live tracks recorded on June 8, 2003, at the Rock Am Ring Festival, Nurburgring, Germany
French Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:53
  2. "Blackened (Live - Le Trabendo)" - 5:58
  3. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - La Boule Noire)" - 7:05
  4. "Welcome Home (Saniatrium) (Live - La Boule Noire)" - 6:44
  • Recorded live on June 11, 2003, at Le Trabendo & La Boule Noire, Paris, France (Metallica played 3 gigs in Paris on that same day to celebrate the release of the St. Anger album)
Japanese EP
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Blackened (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:37
  3. "Harvester of Sorrow (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:41
  4. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Live - Download Festival)" - 6:40
  5. "No Remorse (Live - Download Festival)" - 5:16
  • Live tracks recorded on June 1, 2003, at the Download Festival, Donington, UK
International Vinyl Single
  1. "Frantic" - 5:50
  2. "Frantic (UNKLE Reconstruction - Artificial Confidence)" - 6:51

Chart positions

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Chart (2003–04) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 22
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 30
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[5] 6
Croatia (HRT)[6] 7
Denmark (Tracklisten)[7] 6
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 4
France (SNEP)[9] 59
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 21
Hungary (Single Top 40)[11] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 20
Italy (FIMI)[13] 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 23
Norway (VG-lista)[17] 5
Scotland (OCC)[18] 17
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 57
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 16
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[23] 4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[24] 21

References

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  1. ↑ "Frantic release date". Metallica.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Metallica - Frantic (Lyrics)".
  3. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  6. ↑ "Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on October 3, 2003. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". Tracklisten.
  8. ↑ "Metallica: Frantic" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  9. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" (in French). Les classement single.
  10. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Frantic". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". Top Digital Download. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Metallica" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". Top 40 Singles.
  17. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". VG-lista.
  18. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic" Canciones Top 50.
  20. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". Singles Top 100.
  21. ↑ "Metallica – Frantic". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Metallica Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
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