THE SINGLES

 

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1984)

 

12" / United States / white label promo / b/w "Bellz" edit / Elektra ED 5026

7" / France / promotional issue / picture sleeve

 

 

FADE TO BLACK (1984)

 

12" / United States / white label promo / glow-in-the-dark green wax / first issue /

        white cardboard sleeve / "Metallica-Fade..." sticker / b/w "Fade..." / Elektra ED 5042

12" / United States / white label promo / glow-in-the-dark green wax / second issue /

        clear plastic sleeve / "Metallica-Fade..." sticker / b/w "Fade..." / Elektra ED5042

12" / United States / white label promo / glow-in-the-dark green wax / third issue /

        clear plastic sleeve / "Friday Morning..." sticker / b/w "Fade..." / Elektra ED 5042

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / "Friday Morning..." sticker /

        b/w "Fade..." / Elektra ED 5044

 

 

MASTER OF PUPPETS (1986)

 

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / part 1 / b/w part 1 /

        Elektra ED 5139

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / part 2 / b/w part 2 /

        Elektra ED 5139

7" / France / jukebox promo / Music For Nations

7" / France / Music For Nations MFN 11575

 

 

HARVESTER OF SORROW (1988)

 

12" / United Kingdom / promo / white sleeve / b/w "Breadfan, The Prince" / Vertigo

        METAL 212

12" / United Kingdom / promo / numbered / "METALLIPROMO" picture sleeve / Vertigo

        METDJ 212

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Breadfan, The Prince" / Vertigo 870-614

        (METAL 212)

12" / Holland / picture sleeve / b/w "Breadfan, The Prince" / Vertigo 870-614

        (METAL 212)

7" / United Kingdom / promo / white sleeve / Vertigo METDJ 2

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / Vertigo

7" / Italy / jukebox promo / Polygram

CD / United Kingdom / cardboard picture sleeve / b/w "Breadfan, The Prince" /

        Vertigo 870-614 (METCD 2)

CD / Germany / cardboard picture sleeve / b/w "Breadfan, The Prince" / Vertigo

        870 614 (METCD 2)

 

 

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1988)

 

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / b/w "Eye of..." (edit) / Elektra         

        ED 5332

12" / United Kingdom / promotional issue / Vertigo

7" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / b/w "Eye of..." (edit) / Elektra

      69357

7" / United States / picture sleeve / b/w "Breadfan" / Elektra 69357

cassingle / United States / b/w "Breadfan" / Elektra 69357

CD / United States / promo / edit version only / Elektra PR8028

CD / United States / promo / screen variation / Elektra

 

 

ONE (1989)

 

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / b/w "One" (edit) / Elektra

        ED 5349

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Bellz, Sanitarium" (live) / Vertigo

        874 067 (METAL 512)

12" / United Kingdom / promo / white sleeve Pushead / Vertigo METDJ 512

12" / United Kingdom / black gatefold sleeve w/ book / b/w "Bellz, Creep" (live) /

        Vertigo 874-095 (METG 512)

12" / Brazil / picture sleeve / Vertigo 874067

12" / United Kingdom (1993) / picture disc / insert / b/w "One" (demo), "One" (live) /

        Vertigo 858 547

10" / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Seek..." (live) / Vertigo 874-066

        (METPD 510)

10" / United Kingdom / clear wax / test pressing for picture disc / b/w "Seek..." (live) /

        Vertigo

7" / United States / white label promo / picture sleeve / b/w "One" (edit) / Elektra 69329

7" / United States / picture sleeve / b/w "The Prince" / Elektra 69329

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Seek..." (live) / first issue with poster /

      Vertigo 874-066 (METAL 5)

7" / United Kingdom / promo / picture sleeve with song history / b/w "One" (edit) /

      Vertigo METDJ 5

7" / Japan / promo / picture sleeve / Sony?

7" / United States / generic sleeve / "Spun Gold" reissue / b/w "Eye of..." / Elektra 65920

cassingle / United States / b/w "The Prince" / Elektra 69329

CD / United States / promo / b/w "One" (edit) / Elektra PR8044

CD / United Kingdom / insert / b/w "Bellz, Sanitarium" (live) / "Hertfield" misprint /

        Vertigo 874-067 (METCD 5)

CD / Germany / "Maxi-single" insert / b/w "Bellz, Sanitarium" (live) / Vertigo 874-155

CD / Japan / OBI strip / b/w "Bellz, Sanitarium" (live), "Breadfan", "One" (demo) /

        promo issue with wristband / Sony 23DP-5438

CD / United States / Backtrax issue / b/w "Eye of..." / Elektra 65920

CD / United Kingdom (1993) / digipak / "One, Whiplash, Bellz, Last Caress" (live) /

        Vertigo 858-547

CD / Germany (1993) / insert / b/w "One" (demo), "One" (live) / Vertigo 858-545

CD3 / United States / cardboard picture sleeve / packaged with long box /

          b/w "The Prince" / Elektra 69329

CD3 / Japan / digipak / b/w "Breadfan" / Sony 10EP 3077

 

 

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1988)

 

12" / United States / test pressing / white sleeve / Specialty Records / Elektra ED5396

12" / United States / white label promo / Elektra sleeve / b/w "Justice" (edit) /

        Elektra ED5396

CD / United States / promo / green screen / b/w "Justice" (edit) / Elektra PR8099

 

 

STONE COLD CRAZY (1990)

 

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 8224

 

 

ENTER SANDMAN (1991)

 

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Holier Than Thou" (demo), "Stone Cold...",

        "Sandman" (demo) / Vertigo 868 727 (METAL 712)

12" / United Kingdom / box sleeve with prints / b/w "Holier Than Thou" (demo),

        "Stone Cold...", "Sandman" (demo) / Vertigo

12" / Holland / picture sleeve / b/w "Holier Than Thou" (demo), "Stone Cold...",

        "Sandman" (demo) / Vertigo 868 727

12" / Holland / picture sleeve / b/w "Stone Cold...", "Sandman" (demo) / Vertigo 868-733

12" / United Kingdom / promo / black sleeve and label / b/w "Sandman"  / Vertigo

        METDJ 712

7" / United Kingdom / picture disc and sleeve / b/w "Stone Cold..." / Vertigo 868 726

      (METAL 7)

cassingle / United States / b/w "Stone Cold..." / Elektra 64857

7" / Italy / jukebox promo / b/w Dire Straits "Money For..." / Polygram

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra 8407

CD / United States / promo / insert / edit / Elektra

CD / United Kingdom / picture disc / b/w "Stone Cold...", "Sandman" (demo) /

        packaged with Collector's box (4CD) / Vertigo 727 (METALCD 7)

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "Stone Cold...", "Sandman" (demo) / Vertigo 868 733

CD / Australia / cardboard picture sleeve / b/w "Stone Cold..." / Vertigo 868 732

CD3 / Japan / digipak / b/w "Stone Cold..." / Sony 8204

video / United States / promo / white label and box / Elektra

 

 

THE UNFORGIVEN (1991)

 

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / sticker / b/w "Killing Time", "So What",                   

        "The Unforgiven" (demo) / Vertigo 866 137 (METAL 812)

12" / Holland / picture sleeve / b/w "Killing Time", "So What", "The Unforgiven"

        (demo) / Vertigo 866 137 (METAL 812)

12" / United Kingdom / promo / b/w "Of Wolf..." / Vertigo

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Killing Time" / Vertigo 136

7" / United Kingdom / picture disc (JAYMZ original) / insert / b/w "Killing Time",

      "The Unforgiven" (demo) / Vertigo 139

7" / Germany / picture sleeve / b/w "Killing Time" / Vertigo 136

cassingle / United States / b/w "Killing Time" / Elektra 64814

7" / France / picture sleeve / clear wax / b/w "Killing Time" / 8661367

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra 8478

CD / United States / promo / insert / edit version only / Elektra 8479

CD / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Killing Time", "The Unforgiven"

        (demo) / Vertigo 866 137 (METCD 8)

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "Killing Time", "The Unforgiven" (demo) /

        Vertigo 866 139

CD / France / picture sleeve / tattoo / b/w "Killing Time", "The Unforgiven" (demo)

CD / France / b/w "Killing Time" / Vertigo

CD / Australia / picture sleeve / poster / b/w "Killing Time", "The Unforgiven" (demo)

CD3 / Japan / digipak / b/w "Killing Time" / Sony SRDS 8214

video / United States / promo / white label and box / regular version / Elektra

 

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS (1992)

 

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Sandman" (live), "Harvester of..." (live),

        "Nothing Else Matters" (demo) / Vertigo 866 709 (METAL 1012)

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Sandman" (live) / Vertigo 866 708

      (METAL 10)

7" / France / picture sleeve / sealed with poster / Vertigo

cassingle / United States / b/w "Sandman" (live) / Elektra 64770

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra 8530

CD / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Sandman" (live), "Harvester of..."

        (live), "Nothing Else Matters" (demo) / Vertigo 866 709 (METCD 10)

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "Sandman" (live), "Harvester of..." (live), "Nothing Else

        Matters" (demo) / Vertigo 866 725

CD / United Kingdom / "Wembley" (4/20/92) / insert / "Sandman, Sad But True,

        Nothing Else Matters" (live) / Vertigo 866 895 (METCL 10)

CD / Germany / "Wembley" (4/20/92) / insert / "Sandman, Sad But True, Nothing Else

        Matters" (live) / Vertigo 866 895

CD / France / b/w "Sandman" (live) / Vertigo

CD / France / promo / edit / Vertigo

CD / United Kingdom (1999) / insert / b/w "Bellz","-Human"(live), "Nothing..."(video) /

        Vertigo 562 572

CD3 / Japan / digipak / b/w "Sandman" (live) / Sony 8225

video / United States / promo / white label and box / Elektra

 

SAD BUT TRUE (1992)

 

12" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator), "Creep" (live),

       "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo 864-943 (METAL 1112)

12" / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator), "Creep"

        (live), "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo 864-945 (METAL 1112)

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Nothing Else..." / Vertigo 864-942

      (METAL 11)

cassingle / United States / b/w "So What" / sticker on celophane / Elektra 64696

cassingle / United States / b/w "So What" / no sticker / Elektra 64696

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra 8646

CD / Holland / picture disc / insert / numbered / contest card / b/w "So What",

        "Harvester of..." (live) / Vertigo 864-411

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "So What", "Harvester of..." (live) / Vertigo 864-411

CD / Australia / cardboard picture sleeve / b/w "So What", "Harvester of..." (live) /

        Vertigo 864-411

CD / United Kingdom / insert / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator), "Creep" (live),

        "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo 864-943 (METCD 11)

CD / Germany / insert / with tattoo / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator), "Creep" (live),

        "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo 864-943

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator), "Creep" (live),

        "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo 864-943

CD / France / cardboard picture sleeve / "2 Track CD" / b/w "Nothing Else..." /

        Vertigo 864-942

CD / United Kingdom / picture disc / half insert / b/w "Nothing Else..." (live),

        "Sad But True" (live) / Vertigo 864-945 (METCH 11)

CD / Australia / picture sleeve / with tattoo / b/w "Nothing Else..." (elevator),

        "Creep" (live), "Sad But True" (demo) / Vertigo

 

 

WHEREVER I MAY ROAM (1992)

 

12" / United Kingdom / gatefold sleeve with tour dates / b/w "Caress/Evil/Battery" (live),

        "Roam" (demo) / Vertigo 866-695 (METAL 912)

12" / Germany / picture sleeve / b/w "Caress/Evil/Battery" (live), "Roam" (demo) /

        Vertigo 866-973 (METAL 912)

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Fade..." (live) / Vertigo 866-694 (METAL 9)

7" / Germany / picture sleeve / b/w "Fade..." (live) / Vertigo 866 694 (METAL 9)

cassingle / United States / b/w "Fade..." (live) / Elektra 64741

CD / United States / promo / Elektra 8591

CD / United Kingdom / promo / edit / Vertigo MECDJ9

CD / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Fade..." (live), "Roam" (demo) /

        Vertigo 866-697 (METCD 9)

CD / Germany / insert / b/w "Fade..." (live), "Roam" (demo) / Vertigo 866-697

        (METCD 9)

CD / United Kingdom / digipak with tour dates / b/w "Caress/Evil/Battery" (live) /

        Vertigo 866-695 (METCB 9)

CD / Australia / digipak with tour dates / b/w "Caress/Evil/Battery" (live) /

        Vertigo 866-695

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / b/w "Fade..." (live), "Caress/Evil/Battery" (live) /

        Sony 6633

video / United States / promo / white label and box / Elektra

 

 

DON'T TREAD ON ME (1991)

 

CD / United States / promo / Elektra PRCD 8728

 

 

UNTIL IT SLEEPS (1996)

 

10" / United Kingdom / red wax / insert / b/w "2 X 4"(live), "...Sleeps"(Herman Melville

        Mix) / Vertigo 578 135 (METAL 12)

10" / Germany / clear wax / insert / b/w "2 X 4"(live), "...Sleeps"(Herman Melvillle

        Mix) / Vertigo

10" / France / promo / black wax / picture sleeve / b/w "...Sleeps"(Herman Melville

        Mix) / Vertigo

7" / France / jukebox only / white sleeve / large hole / Vertigo METJB 12

cassingle / United States / b/w "Overkill"(rehearsal) / Elektra 64276

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 9568

CD / United States / tray picture sleeve / b/w "Overkill"(rehearsal) / Elektra 64276

CD / United Kingdom / insert "Part 1" / b/w "2 X 4"(live), "F.O.B.D."("Sleeps" demo) /

        Vertigo 578 145 (METCD 12)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "Part 2" / b/w "Kill/Ride..."(live), "...Sleeps"(Herman

        Melville Mix) / Vertigo 578 135 (METCX 12)

CD / Australia / cardboard sleeve / w/ Warning sticker / b/w "2 X 4"(live),

        "F.O.B.D."("Sleeps" demo) / Vertigo 578 145

CD / Japan / Obi strip / sealed / b/w "Sleeps"(Herman Melville Mix), "Kill/Ride..."

        (live), "2X4"(live), "Overkill"(rehearsal), "F.O.B.D."("Sleeps" demo) /

        Sony SRCS 8062

video / United States / promo / white label and box / Elektra

 

 

HERO OF THE DAY (1996)

 

7" / United Kingdom / promo / Vertigo METJB 13

12" / United Kingdom / silver embossed sleeve w/ inner picture sleeve / b/w "Mouldy"

           ("Hero..." demo), "Hero..."(Key remix), "Overkill"(rehearsal) / Vertigo 578 575

           (METAL 13)

cassingle / United States / sticker / b/w "Kill/Ride..."(live) / Elektra 64248

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 9605

CD / United States / tray picture sleeve / b/w "Kill/Ride..."(live) / Elektra 64248

CD / United Kingdom / promo / insert / Vertigo METCJ 13

CD / United Kingdom / insert "Part 1" / b/w "Overkill","Damage Case"(rehearsal) /

          "Hero..."(Key remix) / Vertigo 578 575 (METCD 13)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "Part 2" / b/w "Stone Dead...","Too Late..."(rehearsal) /

          "Mouldy"("Hero..." demo) / Vertigo 578 577 (METCX 13)

CD / United Kingdom / red embossed sleeve w/ inner picture sleeve / poster /

          b/w "Overkill, Damage Case, Stone Dead..., Too Late"(rehearsal) / Vertigo 578 579

          (METCY 13)

video / United States / promo / white label and box / Elektra

 

 

MAMA SAID (1996)

 

7" / United Kingdom / picture disc / insert / b/w "Ain't My Bitch"(live) / Vertigo

           578 870 (METAL14)

CD / United Kingdom / promo / insert / with "Mama Said"(edit) / Vertigo METCJ 14

CD / United Kingdom / cardboard sleeve / "Mama Said"(edit & demo) / Vertigo 578 870

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part 1" / b/w "King Nothing, Whiplash"(live),

          "Mama Said"(edit) / Vertigo 578 871 (METCD 14)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part 2" / b/w "So What, Creeping Death"(live),

          "Mama Said"(early demo version) / Vertigo 578 873 (METCX 14)

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / "Mama Said"(edit), "So What, Creep, King,

          Whiplash"(live) / "Mama Said"(early demo version) / Sony SRCS 8253

 

 

KING NOTHING (1996)

 

cassingle / United States / sticker / b/w "Ain't My Bitch"(live) / Elektra 64197

CD / United States / promo / insert / edited and full versions / Elektra PRCD 9729

CD / United States / tray picture sleeve / sticker / b/w "Ain't My Bitch"(live) /             

           Elektra 64197

 

 

BLEEDING ME (1997)

 

CD / United States / promo / wtih edit version / Elektra

 

 

THE MEMORY REMAINS (1997)

 

7" / United Kingdom / picture sleeve / b/w "Bells"(haven't heard it yet mix) / Vertigo

            568 268 (MET 15)

cassingle / United States / sticker / b/w "Bells"(haven't heard it yet mix) / Elektra 64126

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 9948

CD / United States / tray picture sleeve / sticker / b/w "Bells"(haven't heard it yet mix) /

            Elektra 64126

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part 1" / b/w "Fuel For Fire"(work in progress with

            different lyrics), "Memory"(demo version) / Vertigo 568 269 (METCD 15)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part 2" / b/w "Outlaw Torn"(unencumbered by

            manufacturing restrictions version), "King..."(tepid mix) / Vertigo 568 271

            (METDD 15)

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / b/w "Fuel For Fire"(work...), "King..."(tepid mix),

            "Bells"(haven't heard...), "Memory"(demo), "Outlaw..."(unencumbered...) /

            Sony SRCS 8534

 

 

THE UNFORGIVEN II (1998)

 

cassingle / United States / sticker / b/w "Thing..."(live) / Elektra 64114

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 9964

CD / United States / tray picture sleeve / sticker / b/w "Thing..."(live) / Elektra 64114

CD / United Kingdom / promo / cardboard pic sleeve / Vertigo METCJ17

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part one of three" / b/w "Helpless", "Four Horsemen",

            "Of Wolf And Man"(live) / Vertigo 568 551 (METCD 17)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part two of three" / b/w "Thing...", "Memory...", "King..."

            (live) / Vertigo 568 557 (METDD 17)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part three of three" / b/w "No Remorse", "Am I Evil"(live)

            "Unforgiven II"(demo) / Vertigo 568 553 (METCX 17)

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / bw "Thing...","Memory...","No Remorse","Am I Evil"

            (live),"Unforgiven II"(demo) / Sony SRCS 8549

 

 

FUEL (1998)

 

CD / United States / promo / sticker / Elektra PRCD 1119

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part one of three" / b/w "Sad But True","Nothing Else

            Matters"(live) / Vertigo 568 413 (METCD 16)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part two of three" / b/w "Roam","One"(live) / Vertigo

            568 415 (METDD 16)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part three of three" / b/w "Sleeps","Fuel"(live), "Fuel"

            (demo) / Vertigo 568 417 (METED 16)

CD / Australia / cardboard sleeve "part one of three" / b/w "Sad But True","Nothing

             Else Matters"(live) / Vertigo 568 413

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / b/w "Fuel","Sad But True","Sleeps","One"(live),

            "Fuel"(demo) / Sony SRCS 8748

CD / Mexico / promo / picture disc / cardboard sleeve / Vertigo CDP 870

 

 

BETTER THAN YOU (1998)

 

CD / United States / promo / Elektra 1149

 

 

TURN THE PAGE (1998)

 

CD / United States / promo / insert / edit and album versions / Elektra PRCD 1226

CD / United Kingdom / insert / b/w "Bleeding Me","Stone Cold...","The Wait"(live) /

            Vertigo 566 591

CD / United Kingdom / insert / b/w "Damage Inc."(live),"Fuel"(video) / Vertigo 566 593

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / b/w "Damage Inc","Bleeding Me","Stone Cold...",

             "The Wait"(live) / SME SRCS 8880

 

 

WHISKEY IN THE JAR (1999)

 

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part one of three" / b/w "Blitzkrieg","The Prince"(live) /

              Vertigo 566 855 (METCD 19)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part two of three" / b/w "Small Hours","Killing Time"

              (live) / Vertigo 566 857 (METDD 19)

CD / United Kingdom / insert "part three of three" / b/w "Last Caress/Green Hell",

              "Whiskey..."(live) / Vertigo 566 859 (METED 19)

CD / Australia / insert "part one of three" /

CD / Australia / insert "part two of three" / b/w "Garage Inc" Electronic Press Kit pt2 /

              Vertigo 566 974

CD / Australia / insert "part three of three" / b/w "Small Hours","The Prince","Killing

               Time","Last Caress/Green Hell","Whiskey..."(live) / Vertigo 566 965

CD / Japan / OBI strip / sealed / b/w "Blitzkrieg","The Prince","Killing Time","Last

               Caress/Green Hell","Whiskey..."(live) / SME SRCS 8913

 

 

DIE, DIE MY DARLING (1999)

 

CD / United Kingdom / insert / b/w "Sabbra Cadabra","Mercyful Fate"(live) /

               Vertigo 562 153

 

 

NO LEAF CLOVER (1999)

 

CD / United States / promo / insert / Elektra PRCD 1430

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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