- I Disappear
Infobox Single
Name = I Disappear
Artist =Metallica
from Album =
B-side
Released =2000
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:26
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Writer =James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer =Bob Rock Metallica
Chart position = * #76 (U.S. Hot 100)
* #1 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #11 (U.S. Modern Rock)
* #35 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "No Leaf Clover "
(2000)
This single = "I Disappear"
(2000)
Next single = "St. Anger"
(2003)"I Disappear" is a song by the heavy metal band
Metallica . The song was recorded as a contribution to the "" and reached #1 on theMainstream Rock Tracks .The discovery of the song in early
2000 on the P2P file-sharing networkNapster helped bring the illegal sharing ofmp3 files to the spotlight, leading to the massive lawsuits that eventually brought down the original incarnation of Napster. fact|date=July 2008The video to the song, directed by
Wayne Isham , features the members from Metallica in scenes that reference other movies,James Hetfield is driving a car down a San Franciscan hill, in a chase sequence resemblingBullitt ,Kirk Hammett is on a desert being chased by a plane (North by Northwest ),Jason Newsted is in a mansion struggling against hundreds of people that walk by him (Brazil), andLars Ulrich jumps off a building (Die Hard ). The car driven by James in the video is a 1967Chevrolet Camaro . Upon the video's completion, it was given to Hetfield as a gift. It was later auctioned off oneBay by James himself forcharity .This is Metallica's last studio release featuring bassist Jason Newsted, who left the following year.
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