Battery
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | James Hetfield |
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| composer: | James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
| publisher: | Creeping Death Music PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Metallica-battery-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/6593 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1813316 [info] |
| later versions: | Battery (S&M version) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1985-05 | Battery (May 1985, writing in progress) | Metallica | 6:25 | |
| 1985-06 | Battery (Early June 1985 Demo) | Metallica | 4:41 | |
| 1985-06 | Battery (late June 1985 demo) | Metallica | 4:42 | |
| 1985-09-01 – 1985-12-27 | Battery | Metallica | 5:12 | |
| 1985 | Battery (1985, from James’ riff tapes II) | partial | Metallica | 1:07 |
| 1985 | Battery (1985, from James’ riff tapes) | partial | Metallica | 0:16 |
| 1986-03-27 | Battery (live, 1986-03-27: Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, KS, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:38 |
| 1986-04-05 | Battery (live, 1986-04-05: Chicago Pavillion, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1986-04-14 | Battery (live, 1986-04-14: Rochester, NY, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1986-04-16 | Battery (live, 1986-04-16: Landover, MD, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:54 |
| 1986-04-21 | Battery (live, 1986-04-21: Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:40 |
| 1986-05-24 | Battery (live, 1986-05-24: Arena Building, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA) | live | Metallica | 3:56 |
| 1986-05-25 | Battery (live, 1986-05-25: Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1986-05-25 | Battery (live, 1986-05-25: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Metallica | 3:51 |
| 1986-05-25 | Battery (live, 1986-05-25: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:23 |
| 1986-06-13 | Battery (live, 1986-06-13: Long Beach, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:28 |
| 1986-07-06 | Battery (live, 1986-07-05: Roskilde Festival, Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark) | live | Metallica | 4:37 |
| 1986-07-16 | Battery (live, 1986-07-16: Fort Wayne, IN, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:28 |
| 1986-07-21 | Battery (live, 1986-07-21: Clarkston, MI, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:30 |
| 1986-07-29 | Battery (live, 1986-07-29: UTC Arena, Chattanooga, TN, USA) | live | Metallica | 1:51 |
| 1986-08-01 | Battery (live, 1986-08-01: Civic Center, Charleston, WV, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:32 |
| 1986-08-03 | Battery (live, 1986-08-03: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:25 |
| 1986-09-11 | Battery (live, 1986-09-11: Bradford, UK) | live | Metallica | 4:08 |
| 1986-09-24 | Battery (live, 1986-09-24: Lund, Sweden) | live | Metallica | 4:15 |
| 1986-09-26 | Battery (live, 1986-09-26: Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Metallica | 4:31 |
| 1986-09-26 | Battery (live, 1986-09-26: Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Metallica | 4:27 |
| 1986-10 | Battery (Jason’s first audition) | Metallica | 4:13 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Battery (live, 1986-11-08: Reseda, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:25 |
| 1986-11-09 | Battery (live, 1986-11-09: Jezebel's, Anaheim, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:48 |
| 1986-11-17 | Battery (live, 1986-11-17: Aichi Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan) | live | Metallica | 4:32 |
| 1986-11-18 | Battery (live, 1986-11-18: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Metallica | 4:39 |
| 1986-11-28 | Battery (live, 1986-11-28: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:17 |
| 1986-12-04 | Battery (live, 1986-12-04: Chicoutimi, QC, Canada) | live | Metallica | 4:47 |
| 1986-12-07 | Battery (live, 1986-12-07: Victoriaville, ON, Canada) | live | Metallica | 4:24 |
| 1986-12-13 | Battery (live, 1986-12-13: Pantages Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada) | live | Metallica | 4:34 |
| 1987-02-13 | Battery (live, 1987-02-13: Frolundaborg, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Metallica | 2:26 |
| 1987-08-20 | Battery (live, 1987-08-20: 100 Club, London, UK) | live | Metallica | 5:20 |
| 1987-08-30 | Battery (live, 1987-08-30: Monsters of Rock, FCP Stadion, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | live | Metallica | 5:07 |
| 1987-08-30 | Battery (live, 1987-08-30: Pforzheim, Germany) | live | Metallica | 5:13 |
| 1988-05-24 | Battery (live, 1988-05-24: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:16 |
| 1988-05-24 | Battery (live, 1988-05-24: Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:53 |
| 1988-06-22 | Battery (live, 1988-06-22: Akron, OH, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1988-06-26 | Battery (live, 1988-06-26: East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:40 |
| 1988-09-11 | Battery (live, 1988-09-11: MTK Football Stadium, Budapest, Hungary) | live | Metallica | 8:17 |
| 1988-09-26 | Battery (live, 1988-09-26: Bradford, UK) | live | Metallica | 5:09 |
| 1988-09-30 | Battery (live, 1988-09-30: Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, UK) | live | Metallica | 4:43 |
| 1988-10-10 | Battery (live, 1988-10-10: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Metallica | 4:54 |
| 1988-10-18 | Battery (live, 1988-10-18: Oslo, Norway) | live | Metallica | 6:53 |
| 1988-10-21 | Battery (live, 1988-10-21: Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle. Munich, Germany) | live | Metallica | 1:54 |
| 1988-12-07 | Battery (live, 1988-12-07: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:45 |
| 1989-02-01 | San Antonio (featuring Battery) | live | Metallica | 6:46 |
| 1989-02-02 | Battery (live, 1989-02-02: Veteran's Memorial, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 2:53 |
| 1989-02-03 | Battery (live, 1989-02-03: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 3:12 |
| 1989-02-03 | Battery (live, 1989-02-03: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 2:57 |
| 1989-02-03 | Battery (live, 1989-02-03: Erwin Events Center, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 3:04 |
| 1989-02-03 | Battery (live, 1989-02-03: Veteran's Memorial, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 3:04 |
| 1989-02-05 | Battery (live, 1989-02-05: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:56 |
| 1989-02-05 | Battery (encore 1) (live, 1989-02-05: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:38 |
| 1989-02-26 | Battery (live, 1989-02-26: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1989-03-17 | Battery (live, 1989-03-17: Hartford, CT, USA) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1989-03-29 | Battery (live, 1989-03-29: Providence, RI, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:53 |
| 1989-04-07 | Battery (live, 1989-04-07: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1989-04-14 | Battery (live, 1989-04-14: Battle Creek, MI, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:50 |
| 1989-05-01 | Auckland (featuring Battery) | live | Metallica | 5:22 |
| 1989-05-13 | Battery (live, 1989-05-13: Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo) | live | Metallica | 4:52 |
| 1989-05-13 | Battery (live, 1989-05-13: Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Metallica | 4:52 |
| 1989-05-17 | Battery (live, 1989-05-17: Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Metallica | 5:07 |
| 1989-05-17 | Battery | live | Metallica | 5:43 |
| 1989-07-16 | Battery (live, 1989-07-16: Cayuga County Fairground, Weedsport, NY, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:52 |
| 1989-08-29 – 1989-08-30 | Battery | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1989-08-30 | Battery (live, 1989-08-29/30: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Metallica | 6:17 |
| 1989-08 | Battery (live, 1989-08-29/30: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Metallica | 6:17 |
| 1989-09-15 | Battery | live | Metallica | 6:55 |
| 1989-09-23 | Irvine (night #3) (featuring Battery, Breadfan & Am I Evil?) | live and partial | Metallica | 12:59 |
| 1989 | Battery (live, 1989: Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Metallica | 4:53 |
| 1990-05-21 | Battery (live, 1990-05-21: Paris, France) | live | Metallica | 6:25 |
| 1991-08-01 | Battery (live, 1991-08-01: Phoenix Theater, Petaluma, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 6:27 |
| 1991-08-10 | Battery (live, 1991-08-10: Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark) | live | Metallica | 4:59 |
| 1991-08-17 | Battery (live, 1991-08-17: Monsters of Rock, Donington, UK) | live | Metallica | 5:12 |
| 1991-09-17 | Battery (live, 1991-09-17: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Metallica | 5:21 |
| 1991-09-21 | Battery (live, 1991-09-21: Hippodrome de Paris Vincennes, Paris, France) | live | Metallica | 5:19 |
| 1991-09-21 | Battery | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-28 | Battery (live, 1991-09-28: Tushino Air Field, Moscow, Russia) | live | Metallica | 6:22 |
| 1991-09-28 | Battery (live, 1991: Monsters of Rock, Tushino Air Field, Moscow, Russia) | live | Metallica | 5:00 |
| 1991-09-28 | Battery (live, 1991-09-28: Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia) | live | Metallica | 7:14 |
| 1991-09-28 | Last Caress / Am I Evil? / Battery (live, 1991-09-28: Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia) | live and medley | Metallica | 12:00 |
| 1991-10-12 | Battery (live, 1991-10-12: Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:40 |
| 1991-11-03 | Battery (live, 1991-11-03: Detroit Bad Boys: Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Metallica | 8:25 |
| 1991-11-08 | Battery (live, 1991-11-08: The Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:55 |
| 1991-11-18 | Battery (live, 1991-11-18: Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada) | live | Metallica | 5:19 |
| 1991-11-25 | Battery (live, 1991-11-25: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN, USA) | live | Metallica | 9:02 |
| 1991-12-07 | Battery (live, 1991-12-07: Civic Arena, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Metallica | 6:56 |
| 1992-01-11 | Battery (live, 1992-01-11: Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA, US) | live | Metallica | 5:16 |
| 1992-01-13 – 1992-01-14 | Battery | live | Metallica | ?:?? |
| 1992-01-18 | Battery (live, 1992-01-18: New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:23 |
| 1992-01-18 | Battery (live, 1992-01-18: New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:11 |
| 1992-02-16 | Battery (live, 1992-02-16: Reno, NV, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:04 |
| 1992-02-29 | Battery (live, 1992-02-29: Providence, RI, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:21 |
| 1992-05-15 | Battery (live, 1992-05-15: Bison Sports Arena, Fargo, ND, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:40 |
| 1992-05-30 | Battery (live, 1992-05-30: Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK, USA) | live | Metallica | 5:42 |
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