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Wherever I May Roam is the fifth track on the album Metallica released in 1991 by the heavy metal band Metallica. This track was also implented into the line up of songs in Guitar Hero: Metallica.
Live
The song starts with an electric sitar playing the main riff of the song, before the drums and electric guitars come in. In addition to the use of a sitar, the loud "crack" heard at 0:30 in the song (and then repeatedly throughout the intro) is bassist Jason Newsted playing a 12-string electric bass, as mentioned by the bassist on the Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica DVD.
The song is performed frequently during the band's live concerts, and was played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by the late Michael Kamen) on the album S&M.
Covers
- In the PC game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, the Bandit unit quotes this song, saying "Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will." and the Beastmaster hero says, "Where I lay my head is home. See that rock? That's my pillow."
- Koopsta Knicca, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, used some instrumental parts of this song for his song "Torture Chamber" from the album Da Devil's Playground.
- An instrumental cover version of this song can be found as track 5 on the 2005 album Hands Without Shadows by guitarist Michael Angelo Batio.
- Sinner covered the song for A Tribute to the Four Horsemen.
- Apocalyptica also covered this song on their album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos.
Other Versions
- "Wherever I May Roam"
- "Fade to Black (Live)"
- "Wherever I May Roam (Demo)"
Charts
| Chart | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 14 |
| France Singles Chart | 28 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 22 |
| Norway Singles Chart | 2 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 28 |