Better than You (Metallica song)

"Better than You"
Single by Metallica
from the album Reload
ReleasedJuly 16, 1998
Recorded1996
StudioThe Plant (Sausalito, California)
GenreHard rock[1]
Length5:21
LabelElektra
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)James Hetfield
Producer(s)Bob Rock
Metallica singles chronology
"Fuel"
(1998)
"Better than You"
(1998)
"Turn the Page"
(1998)

"Better than You" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, from their seventh album, Reload.

It won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, the band's fourth award in that category.[2]

Reception

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The 2011 book Metallica: The Music and the Mayhem describes the song as "qualifying on all grounds, with lyrics full of festering resentment, and Hammett giving a lengthy solo."[3]

Loudwire ranked the song in 94th place in their ranking of every Metallica song, calling it "entirely forgettable" but "nothing particularly offensive."[1]

Track listing

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1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1149-2)

  1. "Better than You" – 5:21

1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1165-2)

  1. "Better than You (Edit)" – 4:44

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Every Metallica Song Ranked". Loudwire.
  2. ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Wall, Mick (March 1, 2011). Metallica: The Music and the Mayhem. Omnibus Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1849386623.