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Congrats are to ensure that Metallica, as their most streamed music on Spotify, “Enter Sandman,” has surpassed the one billion streams mark. That’s rarified air, particularly within the rock world, the place the songs which have reached the mark are nonetheless comparatively minimal.

Metallica now joins the ranks AC/DC (“Highway to Hell,” “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck”), Arctic Monkeys (“Do I Wanna Know?”), Bon Jovi (“Livin’ on a Prayer”), Fleetwood Mac (“Dreams”), Journey (“Don’t Stop Believin'”), Linkin Park (“In the End” and “Numb”), Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Sweet Home Alabama”), Maneskin (“Beggin'”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), Oasis (“Wonderwall”), Panic! on the Disco (“High Hopes”), Queen (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Under Pressure”), Radiohead (“Creep”), Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Under the Bridge” and “Californication”), The Killers (“Mr. Brightside”), The Police (“Every Breath You Take”), The White Stripes (“Seven Nation Army”), and Twenty One Pilots (“Stressed Out,” “Ride” and “Heathens”) as rock and metallic acts represented within the 1 billion streams membership.

“Enter Sandman” was initially featured on Metallica’s self-titled 1991 ‘Black Album.’ The music hit No. 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and crossed over to hit No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been licensed as a gold bodily single within the U.S. and a triple-platinum digital single. It additionally stands because the sixth most carried out music within the band’s reside historical past and has been coated by Motorhead, Foo Fighters, Volbeat, John 5, Apocalyptica and extra.

Reflecting on the music’s historical past, Jason Newsted as soon as acknowledged that he felt the observe was “kinda corny,” however admitted there was no denying its affect on the band and the music-listening world.

“Our softest song ever took down the biggest walls to allow our hardest songs ever to penetrate the world. When it was No. 1 in 35 countries in one week, and seven of those countries we hadn’t even been to yet? Dude, that doesn’t happen to a band who go, ‘Die! Die!’ most of the time,” recalled the band’s former bassist.

Revisit the music, in addition to our video historical past of the observe, under.