King Nothing

"King Nothing"
"King Nothing"
Single by Metallica
from the album Load
B-side	"Ain't My Bitch (live)"
Released	January 7, 1997
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:28
Label	Elektra
Composers	James Hetfield ; Lars Ulrich ; Kirk Hammett ;
Lyricist	James Hetfield
Producers	Bob Rock ; James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich;
Metallica singles chronology
Music video
	"King Nothing" on YouTube

Last updated October 16, 2025

↑ "King Nothing". Release date. Metallica.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
↑ Load liner notes. Vertigo Records. 1996.
↑ Clerc 2023, pp. 230.
↑ "Metallica Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
↑ "Metallica Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
↑ "American single certifications – Metallica". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 28, 2025.

Sources

Clerc, Benoît (2023). Metallica All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-78472-893-9.

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[1] "King Nothing". Release date. Metallica.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.

[booklet-2] Load liner notes. Vertigo Records. 1996.

[FOOTNOTEClerc2023230-3] Clerc 2023, pp. 230.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Metallica-4] "Metallica Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Metallica-5] "Metallica Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.

[RIAA-6] "American single certifications – Metallica". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 28, 2025.

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Discography Songs recorded
Kill 'Em All	"The Four Horsemen" "Jump in the Fire "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" "Whiplash" "Seek & Destroy"
Ride the Lightning	"For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Fade to Black" "Creeping Death"
Master of Puppets	"Battery" "Master of Puppets" "Disposable Heroes" "Orion"
...And Justice for All	"Blackened" "...And Justice for All" "Eye of the Beholder" "One" "Harvester of Sorrow" "To Live Is to Die"
Metallica	"Enter Sandman" "Sad but True" "The Unforgiven" "Wherever I May Roam" "Don't Tread on Me" "Nothing Else Matters" "The God That Failed"
Load	"Ain't My Bitch" "Until It Sleeps" "King Nothing" "Hero of the Day" "Bleeding Me" "Mama Said"
Reload	"Fuel" "The Memory Remains" "The Unforgiven II" "Better Than You"
Garage Inc.	"Am I Evil?" "Breadfan" "Last Caress/Green Hell" "Stone Cold Crazy" "Turn the Page" "Whiskey in the Jar" "Die, Die My Darling"
St. Anger	"Frantic" "St. Anger" "Some Kind of Monster" "The Unnamed Feeling"
Death Magnetic	"Broken, Beat & Scarred" "The Day That Never Comes" "All Nightmare Long" "Cyanide" "The Unforgiven III" "The Judas Kiss" "My Apocalypse"
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	"Hardwired" "Atlas, Rise!" "Now That We're Dead" "Moth into Flame" "Spit Out the Bone"
72 Seasons	"72 Seasons" "Screaming Suicide" "Lux Æterna" "If Darkness Had a Son" "Inamorata"
Other songs	"No Leaf Clover" "I Disappear" "The View"
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