Enter Sandman

~ Recording by Metallica

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08-12 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08-12 CA
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (Medium art does not have printing circling on the outside edge of the rim.)
  • 1991-08-12 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08-12 AU
1.1Enter Sandman5:36MetallicaEnter Sandman
  • 1991-08-22 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08-29 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08 XE
1.1Enter Sandman5:29MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-08 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 1991-09-02 ZA
1.1Enter Sandman5:37MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:36MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:36MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (Made in Germany)
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:36MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (made in UK)
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (1993 Australian Tour Gold Signature Edition)
1.1Enter Sandman5:29MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2003-11-06 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2006-08-09 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2008-06-05 KR
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2008-09-12 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2008-11-28 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2008 XE
  • 2009-02-16 FR
  • 2009-02-20 DE
5.1Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaThe Metallica Collection
  • 2009-04-25 XW
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2010-09-22 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2011-11-02 JP
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2012-12-03 CA
  • 2012-12-03 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2013-09-24 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2020-04-03 CA
  • 2020-04-03 US
1.1Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:31MetallicaEnter Sandman (remastered 2021)
1.1Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaEnter Sandman (remastered 2021)
  • 2021-06-22 CA
  • 2021-06-22 US
1.1Enter Sandman (remastered)5:31MetallicaEnter Sandman (remastered)
  • 2021-06-22 CA
  • 2021-06-22 US
1.1Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaEnter Sandman (remastered 2021)
1.2Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaSad but True (take 36: February 5th, 1991)
1.3Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaHolier Than Thou (pre‐production rehearsal)
1.3Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaHolier Than Thou (pre‐production rehearsal)
  • 2021-07-07 CA
  • 2021-07-07 US
1.4Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaThe Unforgiven (May 14th, 1991 rough mix)
  • 2021-07-13 CA
  • 2021-07-13 US
1.4Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaThe Unforgiven (May 14th, 1991 rough mix)
1.5Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaWherever I May Roam (live, 1991-10-12: Day on the Green, Oakland, CA, US)
  • 2021-07-21 CA
  • 2021-07-21 US
1.5Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaWherever I May Roam (live, 1991-10-12: Day on the Green, Oakland, CA, US)
1.6Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaDon’t Tread on Me (pre‐production rehearsal)
  • 2021-07-27 CA
  • 2021-07-27 US
1.6Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaDon’t Tread on Me (pre‐production rehearsal)
1.7Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaThrough the Never (live at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA — January 11th, 1992)
  • 2021-08-03 CA
  • 2021-08-03 US
1.7Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaThrough the Never (live at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA / January 11th, 1992)
1.8Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaNothing Else Matters (orchestra / clean guitar / vocal mix)
1.8Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaNothing Else Matters (orchestra/clean guitar/vocal mix)
  • 2021-08-12 CA
  • 2021-08-12 US
1.9Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaOf Wolf and Man (live at Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany — May 22nd, 1993)
  • 2021-08-18 CA
  • 2021-08-18 US
1.9Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaOf Wolf and Man (live at Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany / May 22nd, 1993)
1.1Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaEnter Sandman
  • 2021-08-20 DE
1.10Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaThe God That Failed (May 13th, 1991 rough mix)
  • 2021-08-26 CA
  • 2021-08-26 US
1.10Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaThe God That Failed (May 13th, 1991 rough mix)
1.11Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaMy Friend of Misery (from Jason’s riff tapes)
1.11Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaMy Friend of Misery (from Jason’s riff tapes)
  • 2021-08-31 CA
  • 2021-08-31 US
1.12Enter Sandman (remastered 2021)5:32MetallicaThe Struggle Within
1.12Enter Sandman (remastered)5:32MetallicaThe Struggle Within
  • 2021-09-08 CA
  • 2021-09-08 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaMetallica (remastered)
  • 2021-09-10 -
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (remastered deluxe box set)
  • 2021-09-10 -
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (expanded edition)
  • 2021-09-10 XE
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2021-09-10 XE
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (remastered expanded edition)
  • 2021-09-10 US
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (remastered deluxe box set)
  • 2021-09-10 -
1.1Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaMetallica (remastered 2021)
  • 2021-09-10 -
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2021-09-10 XE
  • 2021-09-10 US
5.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2021-09-10 XE
  • 2021-09-10 US
Promotion
1.1Enter Sandman5:34MetallicaEnter Sandman
1.1Enter Sandman5:35MetallicaMandatory
1.3Enter Sandman5:29MetallicaMandatory 2
1.3Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMandatory Metallica
2.1Enter Sandman5:34MetallicaSaint Anger Promo
  • 2003 -
1.2Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaPast Magnetic
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica
  • 2010-06-22 RO
Bootleg
1.1Enter Sandman?:??MetallicaIn Vertigo You Will Be
1.9Enter Sandman5:33MetallicaHeavy Best
  • 1993 -
1.4Enter Sandman (from Metallica)5:31MetallicaUntil It Sleeps
1.14Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaVery Best ’98
  • 1998 -
1.8Enter Sandman5:33Metallica200% Ultra Hits
1.8Enter Sandman5:27MetallicaSlashes, Crashes & Hits
  • 1999 -
1.2Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaBest Collection (The Best)
1.5Enter Sandman5:34MetallicaMetallurgy
  • 2000 -
1.22Enter Sandman5:31Metallica40 Greatest Metal Songs
  • 2006 -
1.6Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaThe Metal Museum, Volume 8: Thrash Metal
2.2Enter Sandman5:29MetallicaBest of the Best… 1983–2003
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaGreatest Hits Part I
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaGreatest Hits Part I & Part II
3.17Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaGreatest Hits of Modern Rock
  • 2010 -
1.4Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaLulz: A Corruption of LOL #XIII: Hackers on Steroids
1.2Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaThe Greatest Hits
  • 2011-01-04 -
1.4Enter Sandman5:25MetallicaThe Essential Hit's
Withdrawn
1.1Enter Sandman5:33MetallicaMetallica
(unknown)
1.1Enter Sandman5:32MetallicaMetallica (Misprint on back cover)
1.11Enter Sandman5:31MetallicaThe Best Ballads
1.1Enter Sandman5:29MetallicaMetallica

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Mike Tacci (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
recording engineer:Randy Staub (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
producer:James Hetfield
Bob Rock
Lars Ulrich
bass guitar:Jason Newsted (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
drums (drum set):Lars Ulrich (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
guitar and lead vocals:James Hetfield (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
guitar [lead guitar]:Kirk Hammett (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Blackened Recordings Inc. (in 1991)
recorded at:One on One Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)
DJ-mixes:Never Too Old to Rock by Hahnstudios
has remixes:ENTER SANDSTORM (KILLSAFARI REMIX) by KILL SAFARI
sampled by:cruel music by owl starlight
Deeper Sand by The Kleptones
sweet home insanity by owl starlight
mash-ups:Around the Sandman by G3RSt
Enter You by Wax Audio
Lucretia’s Touch (Don Dellpiero vs. Megadeth vs. Metallica vs. Shakira vs. STP) by YITT
Off to Nico Nico Land (Love Live! vs. Metallica) by Truongasm
Sandman in the Fast Lane (The Eagles vs. Metallica) by Talk Hard Productions
Shut Up Brooklyn Sandman (The Ting Tings/Beastie Boys/Metallica) by DJ Schmolli
Super Bowl Anthem (Queen vs. Madonna vs. Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah vs. Metallica vs. Reel 2 Real vs. House of Pain vs. LMFAO vs. The Vinyl Rippers vs. The White Stripes vs. Europe vs. MC Hammer vs. Queen vs. Tag Team) by DJ Schmolli
Tricky Sandman (Metallica vs. Run Dmc) by DJ M.I.F.
Wake the Trooper (2CELLOS vs. Iron Maiden vs. Avicii vs. Metallica) by DJ Schmolli
edits:Enter Sandman (radio edit)
part of:VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 5) (order: 5)
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 30) (order: 30)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 34)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 390) (order: 390)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 399) (order: 399)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1572046436 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2T5q7qhJVN4m2hMSIAsOlC [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/3VqHuw0wFlIHcIPWkhIbdQ [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/1460924832 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/1483825212 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1572046436 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/196434824 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/197137269 [info]
recording of:Enter Sandman (from 1990-10 until 1991-06)

Related works

Enter Sandman

writer:Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
publisher:Creeping Death Music
referred to in medleys:Polka Your Eyes Out (order: 9)
later parody versions:Enter Samson
Enter Sandman
Enter Sandmare
Internet Sandman
later translated parody versions:Entra l’uomo di sabbia
Schlaf Kindlein, schlaf
Soramonttuhumppa
later versions:Enter Sandman
is the basis for:Inter Napster