Life is ours, we live it our way....... and nothing else matters

• Song was released in 1992 as the third single from their self-titled fifth studio album, Metallica.
• The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as top-ten positions on many European charts.
• Featured as a playable track in the music video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.
• The song has been covered over forty times.
• Singer and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich) while he was on the phone with his then girlfriend. Since he held the phone with one hand, he plucked the four open strings of a standard E-minor chord with the other, which eventually made up the first two bars of the song. The lyrics, which talk about being "so close, no matter how far", were also dedicated to his girlfriend, indicating the bond they shared even when Hetfield was on tour. Initially, the song was not meant to be released, as Hetfield had written it for himself, but after drummer Lars Ulrich heard it, it was considered for the album.
• It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield, not Kirk Hammett, plays the guitar solo.
• The music video premiered on MTV on February 26, 1992.
• The clip consists of parts of the A year and a half... video tape which was shot during the recordings of Metallica.
•  MTV will not air the video during daytime hours anymore because it features nudity in the form of pin-up posters and Playboy centerfords that are taped up in the studio.
• And personally my most fav Metallica song \m/