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2 of One
2 of One (video)
Released June 20, 1989
Recorded December 1988 - March 1989
Length 18:56
Number of tracks 3
Label Elektra
Chronology
Previous Album
Cliff 'em All
Next Album
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

2 of One was a video album by Metallica, released on June 20, 1989.

This video release included an interview with drummer Lars Ulrich, who gives a background of guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield’s idea of a "living consciousness" of a person trapped in their own body during the recording of their third album of Master of Puppets. The idea was brought up again during ...And Justice for All, which the band was then told about and showed a copy of the movie of Johnny Got His Gun.

Ulrich also explained how they wanted the video to be low lit and not shot in front of a bunch of fans, just the band playing along to the song, which ended up being shot in a warehouse. He also told of the shortened version of the song (where two minutes of it were cut out) and how the band didn’t really feel it was a good version, as well as a "jammin'" version of the video was also made, which did not include the clips from the movie (which is also included on the tape). The rest of the tape has the long version of "One" with the movie clips and the shortened Jammin’ Version.

Tracklisting[]

No. Title Composer Length
1. Introduction
(Interview with Lars Ulrich)
5:43
2. One James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 7:46
3. One (Jammin' Version) Hetfield, Ulrich 5:27
Total length:
18:56

Trivia[]

Ulrich was interviewed in a hotel lobby at the time the video was shot, which was revealed at one point during the interview when he was interrupted by an offscreen ringing phone. He insisted that the shot be left as part of the footage though, saying "this is casual".

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