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Frantic is the the opening track off of studio album St. Anger by American thrash metal band Metallica.
About[]
As with other songs from St. Anger, the song deals with past struggles of the band's members, this one particularly dealing with James Hetfield's alcohol addiction.
Music video[]
A music video, directed by Wayne Isham, was made to go along with Frantic's release as a single. The video, featuring a shortened version of the song, depicts a man looking back on his life (in which he is constantly drinking, having sex, and smoking) at the instant that he crashes his rotisserie delivery pickup truck into an RV at an intersection. Intercut with those clips are scenes of the band performing the song in front of a pile of scrap metal (Hetfield and Hammett) and a set of rocks (Ulrich and Trujillo). At the end of the video, although the man's truck is upside-down, he finds himself still alive and laughs loudly until a car crashes into the side of the truck, tipping it over and presumably killing him. The video was shot in Montreal, Canada.
Live[]
- "Frantic" has been performed live 197 times as of January, 2025.
- "Frantic" was first performed live on May 3rd, 2003, in Universal City, California, at Universal Studios Hollywood, for MTV Icon: Metallica.
- It was last performed live on December 17th, 2021, in San Francisco, California, at the Chase Center, during the 40th Anniversary Concerts.
Trivia[]
Lyrics[]
If I could have my wasted days back Would I use them to get back on track? Stop to warm and karma’s burning Or look ahead, but keep on turning? Do I have the strength To know how I’ll go? Can I find it inside To deal with what I shouldn’t know? Could I have my wasted days back Would I use them to get back on track? You live it or lie it! My lifestyle determines my deathstyle Keep searching, keep on searching This search goes on, this search goes on Frantic-tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tock Frantic-tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tock I’ve worn out always being afraid An endless stream of fear that I’ve made Treading water full of worry This frantic tick tick talk of hurry Do I have the strength To know how I’ll go? Can I find it inside To deal with what I shouldn’t know? Worn out on always being afraid An endless stream of fear that I’ve made You live it or lie it! My lifestyle determines my deathstyle Keep searching, keep on searching This search goes on, this search goes on Frantic-tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tock Frantic-tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tick- tock My lifestyle (Birth is pain) Determines my deathstyle (Life is pain) A rising tide (Death is pain) That pushes to the other side (It’s all the same)
References[]
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St. Anger |
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| Songs | Frantic · St. Anger · Some Kind of Monster · Dirty Window · Invisible Kid · My World · Shoot Me Again · Sweet Amber · The Unnamed Feeling · Purify · All Within My Hands |
| Members | James Hetfield · Lars Ulrich · Kirk Hammett · Bob Rock |
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Guitar Hero Metallica |
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| Songs | For Whom the Bell Tolls • The Unforgiven • Nothing Else Matters • Enter Sandman • King Nothing • Sad But True • No Leaf Clover • Orion • Fade to Black • The Memory Remains • Wherever I May Roam • Welcome Home (Sanitarium) • Fuel • Frantic • One • All Nightmare Long • Hit the Lights • Mercyful Fate • Seek & Destroy • Creeping Death • Master of Puppets • Battery • The Shortest Straw • Whiplash • Dyers Eve • Disposable Heroes • Fight Fire with Fire • The Thing That Should Not Be • Broken, Beat & Scarred • Cyanide • My Apocalypse |
| Featured Band Songs | Turn the Page • Tuesday's Gone • Am I Evil? • Stone Cold Crazy |
