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Metallica - Whiplash (Studio Version)
Metallica - Whiplash.
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"Whiplash" is the sixth track and first single from Metallica's 1983 album Kill 'Em All. It is credited to James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
Metallica - Whiplash
Whiplash is about the feeling one experiences when headbanging. ("...thrashing all around, acting like a maniac, whiplash!..")
Trivia
* Often in concert, James will change the original lyric from "But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica" to "But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause you're Metallica" emphasizing that it is the fans who've made Metallica what they are.
* It may well be a tribute to Motörhead. The song has a similar theme to that band's track "(We Are) The Road Crew", particularly the final verse's lyrics.
* In live performances, Jason Newsted often sang for part or all of the song, notably in recorded footage in San Diego, California.
* He also sang it without James Hetfield on the stage 14 July 2000 in 3Com Park San Francisco. James was having a beer while Kirk Hammet, Jason and Lars Ulrich performed.
* In live performances Kirk Hammet and James Hetfield used to play different solos at the same time, achieving harmony at some points
* In 2005, Motörhead won their first Grammy for the cover of this song on a Metallica tribute album.
* Whiplash is also on Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
* It was covered by Billy Milano, Scott Ian, Philip Soussan, and Vinny Appice for Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica.
* Pantera, using the joke name "Pantallica", performed the song live with Jason Newsted on bass, and members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Philip Anselmo (vocals) switching instruments.
WHIPLASH
Late at night, all systems go, you've come to see the show
We do our best, you're the rest, you make it real, you know
There is a feeling deep inside that drives you fucking mad
A feeling of a hammerhead, you need it oh so bad
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Bang your head against the stage like you never did before
Make it ring, make it bleed, make it really sore
In a frenzied madness with your leather and your spikes
Heads are bobbing all around, it's hot as hell tonight
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Here onstage the Marshall noise is piercing through your ears
It kicks your ass, kicks your face, exploding feeling nears
Now's the time to let it rip, to let it fucking loose
We're gathered here to be with you 'cause this is what we choose
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
The show is through, the metal's gone, it's time to hit the road
Another town, another gig, again we will explode
Hotel rooms and motorways, life out here is raw
But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
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