Better than You (Metallica song)

"Better than You" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1997 album Reload. It won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, the band's fourth award in that category.^[2]

"Better than You"
Promotional single by Metallica
from the album Reload
Released	July 16, 1998
Recorded	1996
Studio	The Plant (Sausalito, California)
Genre	Hard rock[1]
Length	5:21
Label	Elektra
Composer(s)	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Lyricist(s)	James Hetfield
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
Metallica singles chronology
"Fuel" (1998) "Better than You" (1998) "Turn the Page" (1998)

Reception

The 2011 book Metallica: The Music and the Mayhem describes the song as "qualifying on all grounds, with lyrics full of festering resentment, and Hammett giving a lengthy solo."^[3]

Loudwire ranked the song in 94th place in their ranking of every Metallica song, calling it "entirely forgettable" but "nothing particularly offensive."^[1]

Track listing

1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1149-2)

1. "Better than You" – 5:21

1998 CD promo (USA: Elektra PRCD 1165-2)

1. "Better than You (Edit)" – 4:44

Personnel

Metallica

• James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar, production
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
• Jason Newsted – bass
• Lars Ulrich – drums, production

Additional personnel

• Bob Rock – production
• Jim McGillveray – additional percussion