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TRACK PROFILE · 1999

Hero of the Day

By Metallica

From The Metallica Collection

Hard rockHeavy metalSpeed metalThrash metal

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Released
1999
Disc / track
10 / 9
Label
EMI
Duration
4:44
Artist
Metallica
The Metallica Collection album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Metallica / EMI)

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About this track

“Hero of the Day” appears on Metallica’s The Metallica Collection, first released in 2009. This recording is listed with a 1999 release. It is track 9 on disc 10 in the listing below.

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The Metallica Collection

Main track listing: The Metallica Collection (2009), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 01Hit the Lights
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  2. 02The Four Horsemen
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  3. 03Motorbreath
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  4. 04Jump in the Fire
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  5. 05(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth
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  6. 06Whiplash
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  7. 07Phantom Lord
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  8. 08No Remorse
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  9. 09Seek & Destroy
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  10. 10Metal Militia
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  11. 11The Four Horsemen (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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  12. 12Whiplash (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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Disc 2

  1. 01Fight Fire With Fire
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  2. 02Ride the Lightning
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  3. 03For Whom the Bell Tolls
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  4. 04Fade to Black
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  5. 05Trapped Under Ice
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  6. 06Escape
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  7. 07Creeping Death
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  8. 08The Call of Ktulu
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  9. 09For Whom the Bell Tolls (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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  10. 10Creeping Death (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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Disc 3

  1. 01Battery
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  2. 02Master of Puppets
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  3. 03The Thing That Should Not Be
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  4. 04Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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  5. 05Disposable Heroes
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  6. 06Leper Messiah
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  7. 07Orion
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  8. 08Damage, Inc.
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  9. 09Battery (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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  10. 10The Thing That Should Not Be (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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Disc 4

  1. 01Blackened
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  2. 02…And Justice for All
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  3. 03Eye of the Beholder
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  4. 04One
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  5. 05The Shortest Straw
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  6. 06Harvester of Sorrow
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  7. 07The Frayed Ends of Sanity
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  8. 08To Live Is to Die
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  9. 09Dyers Eve
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  10. 10One (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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  11. 11…And Justice for All (live 29.08.1989 in Seattle, the United States)
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Disc 5

  1. 01Enter Sandman
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  2. 02Sad but True
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  3. 03Holier Than Thou
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  4. 04The Unforgiven
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  5. 05Wherever I May Roam
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  6. 06Don’t Tread on Me
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  7. 07Through the Never
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  8. 08Nothing Else Matters
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  9. 09Of Wolf and Man
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  10. 10The God That Failed
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  11. 11My Friend of Misery
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  12. 12The Struggle Within
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Disc 6

  1. 01Ain’t My Bitch
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  2. 022 × 4
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  3. 03The House Jack Built
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  4. 04Until It Sleeps
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  5. 05King Nothing
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  6. 06Hero of the Day
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  7. 07Bleeding Me
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  8. 08Cure
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  9. 09Poor Twisted Me
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  10. 10Wasting My Hate
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  11. 11Mama Said
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  12. 12Thorn Within
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  13. 13Ronnie
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  14. 14The Outlaw Torn
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Disc 7

  1. 01Fuel
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  2. 02The Memory Remains
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  3. 03Devil’s Dance
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  4. 04The Unforgiven II
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  5. 05Better Than You
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  6. 06Slither
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  7. 07Carpe Diem Baby
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  8. 08Bad Seed
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  9. 09Where the Wild Things Are
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  10. 10Prince Charming
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  11. 11Low Man’s Lyric
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  12. 12Attitude
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  13. 13Fixxxer
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Disc 8

  1. 01Free Speech for the Dumb
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  2. 02It’s Electric
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  3. 03Sabbra Cadabra
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  4. 04Turn the Page
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  5. 05Die, Die My Darling
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  6. 06Loverman
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  7. 07Mercyful Fate
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  8. 08Astronomy
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  9. 09Whiskey in the Jar
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  10. 10Tuesday’s Gone
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  11. 11The More I See
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Disc 9

  1. 01Helpless
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  2. 02The Small Hours
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  3. 03The Wait
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  4. 04Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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  5. 05Last Caress / Green Hell
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  6. 06Am I Evil?
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  7. 07Blitzkrieg
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  8. 08Breadfan
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  9. 09The Prince
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  10. 10Stone Cold Crazy
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  11. 11So What
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  12. 12Killing Time
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  13. 13Overkill
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  14. 14Damage Case
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  15. 15Stone Dead Forever
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  16. 16Too Late Too Late
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Disc 10

  1. 01The Ecstasy of Gold
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  2. 02The Call of Ktulu
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  3. 03Master of Puppets
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  4. 04Of Wolf and Man
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  5. 05The Thing That Should Not Be
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  6. 06Fuel
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  7. 07The Memory Remains
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  8. 08No Leaf Clover
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  9. 09Hero of the Day
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  10. 10Devil’s Dance
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  11. 11Bleeding Me
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Disc 11

  1. 01Nothing Else Matters
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  2. 02Until It Sleeps
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  3. 03For Whom the Bell Tolls
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  4. 04−Human
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  5. 05Wherever I May Roam
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  6. 06Outlaw Torn
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  7. 07Sad but True
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  8. 08One
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  9. 09Enter Sandman
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  10. 10Battery
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Disc 12

  1. 01I Disappear
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Disc 13

  1. 01Frantic
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  2. 02St. Anger
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  3. 03Some Kind of Monster
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  4. 04Dirty Window
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  5. 05Invisible Kid
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  6. 06My World
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  7. 07Shoot Me Again
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  8. 08Sweet Amber
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  9. 09The Unnamed Feeling
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  10. 10Purify
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  11. 11All Within My Hands
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Disc 14

  1. 02The Four Horsemen (live)
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  2. 03Damage, Inc. (live)
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  3. 04Leper Messiah (live)
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  4. 05Motorbreath (live)
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  5. 06Ride the Lightning (live)
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  6. 07Hit the Lights (live)
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  7. 08Some Kind of Monster (edit)
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Disc 15

  1. 01Sad but True (live from Live Earth)
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  2. 02Nothing Else Matters (live from Live Earth)
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  3. 03Enter Sandman (live from Live Earth)
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Disc 16

  1. 01That Was Just Your Life
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  2. 02The End of the Line
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  3. 03Broken, Beat & Scarred
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  4. 04The Day That Never Comes
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  5. 05All Nightmare Long
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  6. 06Cyanide
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  7. 07The Unforgiven III
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  8. 08The Judas Kiss
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  9. 09Suicide & Redemption
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  10. 10My Apocalypse
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Artwork (Credit: Metallica / EMI)

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