What’s Metallica’s most commercially successful song ever? If you assumed something from 1991’s mega-selling Black Album, maybe a Nothing Else Matters or an Enter Sandman, then you’re out. A true classic from their 80s glory era then? Master of Puppets? One? For Whom the Bell Tolls? Incorrect on all fronts.
When it comes to pure chart positions on both sides of the Atlantic, Metallica’s commercial peak is a song that fans waited five, long years for, was partially half-inched from a Soundgarden song, came with a promo directed by the bloke responsible for Smells Like Teen Spirit’s video and confused a great deal of their audience.
