Hardwired (song)

"Hardwired" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica, and the first single from their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. The song was released to the radio and for digital download on August 18, 2016. The song was first played live at the end of the band's show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on August 20, 2016. The band detailed on the song's debut at The Howard Stern Show that it was a late addition to the album, as Lars Ulrich explained that after finishing the other songs "we decided that we needed a short, fast opener", leading him and James Hetfield to compose "Hardwired" in about a week.

Hardwired (song)

"Hardwired" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica, and the first single from their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. The song was released to the radio and for digital download on August 18, 2016. The song was first played live at the end of the band's show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on August 20, 2016. The band detailed on the song's debut at The Howard Stern Show that it was a late addition to the album, as Lars Ulrich explained that after finishing the other songs "we decided that we needed a short, fast opener", leading him and James Hetfield to compose "Hardwired" in about a week.