Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Enter Sandman |
| Artist | Metallica |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Metallica |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5:31 |
| Dur Grp | 5:30-5:59 |
| Year | 1991 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 125 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 125-129 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Em |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Common Time > Half Time |
| Rec Tag 2 | Half Time > Common Time |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | No BGV harmony |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384?t=160 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | MTV VMA - Best Hard Rock Video |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Rock Song |
| Nominations 2 | Juno - Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist |
| Nominations 3 | MTV VMA - Best Editing |
| Nominations 4 | MTV VMA - Best Cinematography in a Video |
| Chart Type | UK Singles |
| Chart Position | 5 |
| Certification | BPI - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/metallica/entersandman.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Lars Ulrich |
| Author 2 | James Hetfield |
| Author 3 | Kirk Hammett |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A dark shadow / Beast |
| Explanation | ✱ Personifies nightmares and childhood fears as a mythical figure that 'steals' the dreamer away. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Dark |
| MTag 2 | Fear |
| MTag 3 | Body:Mind |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Phrygian |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 61 |
| Mel Cmplx | 63 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 40 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 45 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 39 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 60-69 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 30-39 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 58 |
| Spot-Energy | 83 |
| Spot-Valance | 60 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 60-69 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Metallica Black (Metallica) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/13t3kmLNoe_Ih8k-d8TmUMWh3vzgTPwDQ/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 6 (Metallica Black) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Metal |
| Genre 2 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Heavy Metal |
| Style 2 | Hard Rock |