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Metallica has landed 3 songs in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart, peaking at No. 3! Across those appearances, Metallica has spent a combined 26 days on the chart.
3Top 50 Entries
26Days in Top 50
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PEAK POSITIONDAYS IN TOP 50TOP 50 DEBUT
The highest position a song reached on the Shazam Global Chart.
The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
The date a song first entered the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart.
Metallica
#317Jul 1, 2022
"Master of Puppets" by Metallica climbed to No. 3 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 17 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1986Total Shazams
4M
Days in Top 50
17The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Jul 1, 2022"Master of Puppets" by Metallica climbed to No. 3 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 17 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1986Total Shazams
4M
Days in Top 50
17The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Jul 1, 2022
Metallica
#255Aug 23, 2025
"Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica peaked at No. 25 on the Shazam Global Chart, where the song spent a total of 5 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1991Total Shazams
2M
Days in Top 50
5The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Aug 23, 2025"Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica peaked at No. 25 on the Shazam Global Chart, where the song spent a total of 5 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1991Total Shazams
2M
Days in Top 50
5The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Aug 23, 2025
Metallica
#374Mar 17, 2019
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica climbed to No. 37 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 4 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1984Total Shazams
3M
Days in Top 50
4The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Mar 17, 2019"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica climbed to No. 37 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 4 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1984Total Shazams
3M
Days in Top 50
4The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
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About Metallica
The members of Metallica didn’t just help invent heavy metal; they evolved with it. Formed in 1981 when a “dorky, disenfranchised” teenager in Southern California—Lars Ulrich, in his own words—placed a classified ad name-checking Iron Maiden and Diamond Head, the band debuted in 1983 with Kill ’Em All and pioneered the synthesis of punk and New Wave of British Heavy Metal we now call thrash. Having moved to the Bay Area in the early ’80s to court bassist Cliff Burton, the group—Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett, guitarist-vocalist James Hetfield, and Burton—went on to fashion metal into an art form, eschewing the glam appeal of hair metal for ultra-serious, progressively complex song-suites that explored subjects like suicide, political corruption, and the psychological horror of war.
“We were asked, ‘What was Plan B?’” Hetfield told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe when looking back at their early days. “It’s like, ‘Well, Plan B was making Plan A work.’ As simple as that. There was no other plan: It was, ‘We’re going to do this. If it doesn’t work out, then whatever happens, happens.’ But honestly, that’s what happened throughout our careers. We’d let the challenges come to us, and then write about them, use them as what they’re supposed to be, which is experiencing life.”
Burton was killed in a bus accident in late 1986 and replaced by Jason Newsted for 1988’s epochal … And Justice for All. Even as the band became a global phenomenon in the wake of its 1991 self-titled album, Metallica remained defiantly on its own path, dabbling in Southern rock (1996’s Load), high-concept dirges (2011’s divisive Lou Reed collaboration Lulu), stripped-down hardcore (2003’s St. Anger), and orchestral live albums (1999’s S&M). This path also circles back to the roots. After 2008’s Death Magnetic updated early Metallica angst for the thrash revival of the 2000s, the Duffer Brothers’ use of “Master of Puppets” in Season 4 of Stranger Things made the ’80s anthem go viral in 2022. This set the stage for the following year’s 72 Seasons, an epic song cycle about youth that reinvents the rawness of the music that had initially inspired Metallica. Thus, its story is, in essence, the story of metal itself: a push-pull of simplicity and complexity that continually challenges our understanding of fast and loud.
Musical InfluencesMetallica's musical influences include Queen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and more.
Influenced by MetallicaMetallica has influenced the music of Travis Barker, System Of A Down, Deftones and more.
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