Hit the Lights

Name: Hit the Lights
Duration: 4 min 17 s

~ Recording by Metallica

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1983-07-25 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1983 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1983 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (EMW pressing)	1983 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1983 NL
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All = 血染めの鉄鎚	1984 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1986 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (manufactured in U.K. (printed in booklet), no barcode)	1987 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (direct metal mastered double LP)	1987 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (printed in England (printed in the booklet), no barcode)	1987 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:18	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1987 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988-01-19 CA
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988-01-19 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988-11-21 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (Bob Ludwig (RL) mastering)	1988 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988 US
1.1	Hit The Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988 CA
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1988 CA
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	1989 MX
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 FR
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (made in W Germany (printed on the cd matrix))	1989 DE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 FR
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 CO
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1989 AR
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1992-02-21 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (matrix / runout: #920121K CD-60766 MFG BY CINRAM)	1992 CA
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	1993 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1993 AU
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1993 AU
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1993 AU
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	1995-06-20 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2003-11-06 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Limited‐Edition Vinyl Box Set	2004-11-23 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2006-07-25 CA
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2006-08-09 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2008-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2008-05-16 XE 2008-06-02 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2008-09-12 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	The Metallica Collection	2009-04-25 XW
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:18	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2010-09-22 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2013 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (Metallica store / remastered)	2016-03-08 XW
5.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (deluxe edition)	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	メタリカ	Kill ’Em All (remastered)	2016-04-15 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (remastered 2016)	2016-04-15 XE 2016-04-15 GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (deluxe edition, Metallica store)	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (remastered deluxe edition)	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (remastered)	2016-04-15 XW
5.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (deluxe edition)	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (remastered)	2016-04-15 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016-04-15 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:15	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016 US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016 XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2016 XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2018-04-13 JP
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	2020-03-06 -
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (pre-1996 PMDC BIEM STEMRA)	- XE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (printed in England (printed on the back))	- GB
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	- DE
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	- US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All (deluxe)	- XW
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	- US
1.1	Hit the Lights	4:16	Metallica	Kill ’Em All	- DE
Promotion
1.7	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Mandatory Metallica 03	2003 US
Bootleg
1.13	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Very Best ’98	1998 -
1.4	Hit the Lights	4:19	Metallica	Best of the Best… 1983–2003	2008 DE
2.12	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Greatest Hits Part I	2008 RU
2.12	Hit the Lights	4:17	Metallica	Greatest Hits Part I & Part II	2008 RU
2.1	Hit the Lights	4:18	Metallica	The Best of the Best	2017 -

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additional engineer:	Andy Wroblewski
engineer:	Chris Bubacz
executive producer:	Jon Zazula
producer:	Paul Curcio
drums (drum set) [drums]:	Lars Ulrich (in 1983-05)
electric bass guitar [bass]:	Cliff Burton (in 1983-05)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:	Kirk Hammett (in 1983-05)
electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:	James Hetfield (in 1983-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Metallica (in 1983)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Blackened Recordings Inc. (in 2016)

recorded at and mixed at:	Music America Studios in Rochester, New York, United States (in 1983-05)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/4hh0IO5OHTigfnPTpDleL7 [info]

recording of:	Hit the Lights (in 1983-05)

Hit the Lights

writer:	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

publisher:	Creeping Death Music

referred to in medleys:	Kill/Ride Medley Kill/Ride Medley

Hit the Lights

Genres: thrash metal, hard rock, heavy metal, speed metal, metal

Other tags: américain, pop/rock, thrash speed metal

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Hit the Lights

Hit the Lights

Genres: thrash metal, hard rock, heavy metal, speed metal, metal

Other tags: américain, pop/rock, thrash speed metal

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Hit the Lights