Wherever I May Roam

"Wherever I May Roam" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released in October 1992 as the fourth single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica.

Music

All stringed instruments featured in this song, both guitars and basses, are tuned in the standard tuning of E A D G B E. The original recording of the song is notable for its interesting instrumentation: Asian instruments such as a gong and sitar-like-guitar feature, along with an overdubbed Warwick twelve-string bass (as mentioned by the bassist Jason Newsted on the Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica DVD). This instrument was only used for 'effect' during the intro to emphasize several accented notes and then a standardly tuned 4-string bass was used as the main bass instrument throughout the remainder of the recording.

The song is performed frequently during the band's live concerts, and was performed with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen) on the live S&M and its companion DVD. When performed live, the band has always relied on their original sitar recording for the intro (the band enters on the first accented note to dramatic effect), however for the S&M concerts guitarist Kirk Hammett utilised a Danelectro electric sitar for the intro before switching to his ESP electric guitar. Jason Newsted never reprised his use of the 12-string bass guitar for any live performances of the song.

The music video featured clips from Metallica behind the scenes and in concert, during their Wherever We May Roam Tour.

Demo

The song's demo was recorded in Lars Ulrich's home musical studio "Dungeon" on August 13, 1990.

In other media

The song is included in Guitar Hero: Metallica.
The song is covered by bluegrass band Iron Horse on their Metallica cover album Fade to Bluegrass.
In the PC game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, the Bandit unit quotes this song, saying "Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will", and the Beastmaster hero says, "Where I lay my head is home. See that rock? That's my pillow."
Koopsta Knicca, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, used some instrumental parts of this song for his song "Torture Chamber" from the album Da Devil's Playground.
Scottish Post-Hardcore band Yashin covered 'Wherever I May Roam' in Kerrang!'s "Metallica" tribute album.
An instrumental cover version of this song can be found as track 5 on the 2005 album Hands Without Shadows by guitarist Michael Angelo Batio.
Sinner covered the song for A Tribute to the Four Horsemen.
Apocalyptica also covered this song on their album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos.
The intro was used by Sky F1 for their coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix on reflection of a summary of what a happened at the Australian Grand Prix.

In sports

The song is used as the entrance song of Minnesota Twins pitcher Jon Rauch and the batting music for Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth.
The song was used as an entrance theme by pro wrestlers Juventud Guerrera in ECW, A.J Styles in Ring of Honor, and Hooligan in CMLL.
The song was also played during the warm-up of Pittsburgh Penguins home games.
The song is used as the kickoff music for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team when playing at home.

Track listing

US Single

"Wherever I May Roam" - 6:42
"Fade to Black (Live)" - 7:43

International Single

"Wherever I May Roam" - 6:43
"Fade to Black (Live)" - 7:43
"Wherever I May Roam (Demo)" - 5:35

International Digipak Single

"Wherever I May Roam" - 6:45
"Last Caress (Live)/Am I Evil? (Live)/Battery (Live)" - 11:59

Japanese EP

"Wherever I May Roam" - 6:44
"Fade to Black (Live)" - 7:44
"Last Caress (Live)/Am I Evil? (Live)/Battery (Live)" - 11:59

Chart positions

Chart (1992-93)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	14
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	1
France (SNEP)^[4]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	22
Norway (VG-lista)^[6]	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	28
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	25
US Billboard Hot 100	82
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks	2

References

↑ Metallica. "Wherever I May Roam". Retrieved 5 November 2013.
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Metallica – Wherever I May Roam". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Metallica – Wherever I May Roam" (in French). Les classement single.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Metallica – Wherever I May Roam" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Metallica – Wherever I May Roam". VG-lista.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Metallica – Wherever I May Roam". Singles Top 100.

Metallica

James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo Ron McGovney Dave Mustaine 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 Untitled tenth studio album

Live albums	S&M Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Anthrax, Megadeth & Slayer) Live at Grimey's Through the Never

Cover albums	Garage Inc.

Collaboration projects	Lulu (with Lou Reed)

Extended plays	The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited Six Feet Down Under Six Feet Down Under Part II Beyond Magnetic The 30th Anniversary Celebration

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" "No Leaf Clover" "I Disappear" "St. Anger" "Frantic" "The Unnamed Feeling" "Some Kind of Monster" "The Day That Never Comes" "My Apocalypse" "Cyanide" "The Judas Kiss" "All Nightmare Long" "Broken, Beat & Scarred" "The View"

Promotional singles	"Fade to Black" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Don't Tread on Me" "Ain't My Bitch" "Bleeding Me" "Better than You"

Other songs	"Seek & Destroy" "Am I Evil?" "Blitzkrieg" "Breadfan" "The God That Failed" "Astronomy" "Tuesday's Gone" "Last Caress/Green Hell" "Stone Cold Crazy" "So What?" "Overkill" "The Unforgiven III"

Video albums	Cliff 'Em All 2 of One A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica For Those About to Rock Cunning Stunts S&M Classic Albums: Metallica – Metallica Some Kind of Monster 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 (with Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax) Quebec Magnetic Metallica: Through the Never

Tours	Kill 'Em All Tour Ride the Lightning Tour Damage, Inc. Tour Monsters of Rock Tour 1987 Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 Damaged Justice Tour Wherever We May Roam Tour Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour Nowhere Else to Roam Tour Shit Hits the Sheds Tour Poor Touring Me Poor Re-Touring Me Tour Garage Remains the Same Tour M2K Mini Tour Summer Sanitarium Tour Summer Sanitarium 2003 Tour Madly in Anger with the World Tour Escape from the Studio '06 Sick of the Studio '07 2008 European Vacation Tour World Magnetic Tour 2012 European Black Album Tour

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